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Deals worth Sh3.1Bn expected to be struck at the 6th Edition of Africa Agri Expo in February 2023
Over 100 investors and potential business leads in the agriculture value chains from 35+ countries, are keen on setting up businesses and distribution set-ups in Kenya. Agriculture deals worth multi-million…
Huge Profits on tea, coffee and macadamia companies in Kenya
Listed agricultural firms have reaped from gains in commodity prices over the last year helping to fuel the growers’ sales and earnings. Among agricultural commodities to record an uplift through…
Coffee Farmers In Makueni County Get Free Seedlings
Over 1,000 farmers from Mbooni Sub-County in Makueni County benefited from coffee seedlings by the county government in a move to boost coffee farming in the area. The seedlings, a…
Kenyan Hass Avocado Demand On The Rise As Continuous Supply Becomes A Challenge
The Kenyan hass avocado market has been thriving over the past few years as the fruit’s popularity soared worldwide, and the Kenyan avocado has a special niche in the global…
COP 27: Kenya Advised To Shift From Planting To Growing Trees
Kenyans have been told to move from just planting trees to growing and ensuring that the trees mature. Photo credit: Oxfarm International Environment and Forestry CS Soipan Tuya said this…
Kenya Hass Avocado Export To China Hits 7 Billion In Just Three Months
Kenya’s exports of hass avocado to China hit Sh7 billion in three months to October exceeding the earnings that were realised in the first seven months of the year, highlighting…
NEW PLANS as agricultural exports hit hard by striking pilots as losses cross 200million
The government is sourcing an alternative freight mode for fresh produce exports, agriculture CS Mithika Linturi has said. This is in the wake of the Kenya Airways pilots' strike that…
US Technology Helps Improve Crop Yields in Drought-stricken Africa
More frequent and severe droughts in Africa are hampering food production, especially in arid parts of the continent, where farmers struggle to eke out a living. A water retention system…
Muranga County Govt To Strike Out-grower Partnership Deal With Del Monte
Murang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata and a delegation from Murang’a county government held deliberative talks with the Managing Director of Del Monte Fresh Produce in Africa Gkaliamoutsas and other managers at…
Rural women urged to raise and embrace agriculture for economic growth
It’s mid-morning in Nyambege village in Siaya County and Veronica Akinyi is bee-bust tendering her flowering groundnuts crop. She has been a groundnuts farmer since 2017, a venture she says…