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Cattle and chicken farmers in Kenya faced with high cost of feed prices as supply falls
Higher maize prices have hit cattle and chicken farmers with manufacturers forced to raise the cost of animal feeds due to a sharp decline in the supply of the raw…
Kenya to import maize from Mexico to ease the current supply shortage as neighbours block export
By Gerald Andae Kenya plans to import maize from Mexico to ease the current supply shortage that has seen the price of flour hit a five-year high, making it the…
KARLO national wheat breeding centre banks on wheat handbook in a bid to boost production.
The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation's (Kalro) national wheat breeding centre at Njoro, Nakuru County, will release a wheat handbook next month in a bid to boost production. According…
MasterCard regional platform to boost smallholder farmers
By EDWIN OKOTH, Global payment technology firm MasterCard has launched a digital platform that connects smallholder farmers, agents, buyers and banks in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The phone-based platform dubbed…
Farmers to get fertiliser next month ahead of planting season
The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) has assured farmers that subsidised diammonium phosphate fertiliser will be available starting next month. NCPB Managing Director Newton Terer said in a telephone…
Sasini Limited eyes Sh300,000 per acre from new nuts venture
Sasini Limited Company anticipates to generate Sh300,000 a hectare from intercropping macadamia in its Kiambu County coffee estate in the next six years. The listed firm expects to have produced…
70 acres of tea bushes on fire following a pay row in Nandi County
Multinational tea companies in Nandi County stand to lose Sh150 million annually for the next four years after protesting workers set 70 acres of tea bushes on fire following a…
President Uhuru to donate coffee roaster and a grader to increase farmersโ returns at Othaya coffee millers
President Uhuru Kenyatta has promised to donate a commercial roaster and a grader to Othaya coffee millers in order to increase farmersโ returns. Speaking in Othaya during his two-day tour…
Kshs. 1.2 billion Dairy processing plant to be set up in Kipipiri
Nyandarua County Investment Forum, which includes local dairies and businesspeople, says it is planning a billion milk processor in Kipipiri set to be complete by 2018. Nyandarua County Investment Forum…
Foodstuffs prices in Nyeri County goes down as other counties starve
With the coming of the short rains and intensified irrigation, the prices of foodstuffs in Nyeri County have gone down due to increased production. But despite the bumper harvest in…