An aerial photograph taken on October 31, 2022 shows a cargo ship loaded with grain being inspected in the anchorage area of the southern entrance to the Bosphorus in Istanbul. – Cargo ships loaded with grain and other agricultural products left Ukrainian ports on october 31, 2022 despite Russia’s decision to pull out from a ...

The 2023 edition of the Kenyan International Flower Trade Exhibition IFTEX  will take place in less than 2 months. So, it’s time to book your flight to see the latest of what the Kenyan flower industry has to offer. There are several new growers on board this year, as well as brokers who export flowers ...

Livestock PS Harry Kimtai on March 7, 2023 /Image: COURTESY Kimtai says there is need to invest more in research to help avail new technologies to farmers In Summary Kimtai said digital and artificial intelligence has been identified as one of the key technologies that can help revolutionalise agriculture in the era of climate change. ...

By Victoria Amunga Nairobi, Kenya — Kenyan economists say newly-arrived wheat imports from Ukraine could help ease hunger in drought-stricken areas and bring down high food prices. Thirty thousand tons of wheat arrived in Kenya Monday under the U.N.-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative, in which Russia agreed not to block Ukrainian grain shipments. But Russian ...

By Kevin Rotich Nairobi — An animal protection lobby group is condemning poultry cage farming, which it says is inhumane. World Animal Protection Africa Campaigns Manager Victor Yamo said that it is unfortunate for firms to mistreat animals such as chickens. “No animal should be kept in cages, unable to express their natural behaviours and ...

Kenya has suspended a recent ban on the importation of milk powder into the country “to allow for the Dairy Industry (Import and Export) Regulations 2021 to apply accordingly”. The Kenya Dairy Board had on March 6 announced an indefinite suspension of milk powder imports in move seen as protecting processors and farmers from lower ...

By Kna Uasin Gishu — Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Co-operatives Cabinet Secretary, Mithika Linturi has called on farmers to embrace new innovations and technologies in agriculture to boost yields and counter the impact of climate change which has greatly affected agricultural production in the country. The CS spoke during the 98th Edition of ...

Nairobi, Kenya, 22nd February 2023: Agro input company Elgon Kenya has partnered with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Education to reward pupils and their teachers for participating in food production in a wider scheme that seeks to motivate school going children into farming. Through the rebranded school agriculture clubs, dubbed 4K Clubs, ...

“From left to right: Gabriella Kisoi of Challenge Works and Anna Ghnouly, Environment Officer, USAID Kenya & East Africa Environment Office,  hand over a certificate of recognition to H.E. Francis Foleni Thoya, Deputy Governor and CEC for Environment and Solid Waste, as he launches the finalist phase of the Mombasa Plastics Prize. The Mombasa Plastics ...

The 6th Africa Agri Expo in close partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development – Kenya, began on Wednesday, February 8 with an aim of connecting Africa to the global agribusiness industry. The two days of impactful networking, business talks, knowledge gains, and many exciting new agricultural avenues in the thriving Africa’s agriculture ...