Government to issue Farmers with 2.6M seedlings in two months time
seedling Kenyan farmers are set to be issued with million seedlings comprising cashew nut, coconut, mango, macadamia, tissue banana and hass avocado within the next two months. According to S Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi…
Kenya put to test in applying government’s new Acts in sugar regulation
Public policy has the power to be transformative, which is why we invest in it. For the best of policies change economies, solving old and even persistent problems and creating new dawns: in frameworks constructed…
Oserian named Kenya’s best company in Renewable Energy
Oserian Development company goal of creating a carbon-free environment by 2020 has received a major boost after it was recognized as the renewable energy champion last week. Oserian Development Company Limited staff during Kenya Association…
New Market For Kenya Avocado Farmers As Mauritius Lifts Ban
Mauritius imposed tight hygienic conditions on Kenya's avocados even as it lifted a ban on the fruits in a move that could provide farmers an expanded market for their produce. On a state visit to…
Dudutech launches pest control NEMguard to boost yields without EU residue risk
Nairobi, Kenya: 9th April 2019: Dudutech has today announced the launch in Kenya of NEMguard® SC to control the country’s most financially damaging crop pest with zero risk of triggering crop rejections by European Union…
Turkana Famillies expand diet thanks to drip irrigation technology
Israeli technology brings hope to Turkana – Agro-Innovation Kenya From images of a vast barren land where the only surviving vegetation is the drought-tolerant acacia trees, to colourful fresh produce that is bringing hope…
Nairobi modern farmers’ market set to connect food producers directly with consumers
Kenyan farmers will soon have their own market where they sell produce directly to consumers, cutting off the traditional value chain that is replete with middlemen. The Nairobi Farmers Market, which is under construction in…
Kakamega County warns businessmen who steal subsidized fertilizer
Kakamega County Government will now arrest businessmen or individuals who steal subsidized fertilizer and seeds meant for farmers in Kakamega County "Those who capitalize on subsidized fertilizer and seeds to make a kill risk being…
Ministry to puchase subsidized fertilizers worth Kshs. 2B
Kiunjuri assured that farmers who had supplied maize have already been paid By Malachi Motano Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture Mwangi Kiunjuri has said cheap fertilizers will be availed to farmers very soon as modalities…
Kenyan based seed companies outperform multinational peers in serving smallholder farmers
Two homegrown African seed companies top the 2019 Access to Seeds Index for Eastern and Southern Africa, for playing a key role in raising smallholder farmer productivity, according to new research by the Amsterdam-based Access…