Nyeri – The government plans to spend at least 8 billion shillings to feed hundreds of people in the drought-hit area of ​​Nyeri county. At least 200,000 people in parts of Nyeri are now in dire need of food, and the situation will continue until June this year, Rodman Lekarkur, the national coordinator for drought ...

Africa Agri Expo 2023 – 6th Edition, a leading regional agricultural show, is set to take place at KICC, Nairobi, Kenya on 8th and 9th February. Ahead of the event, a Press Conference in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development was held on January 23rd at Serena Hotel Nairobi, where Mr. Tahir ...

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By Kna/image:Unsplash Nairobi — Rift Valley Regional Commissioner (RC) Abdi Hassan has appealed to farmers in the region to exploit the government subsidy fertilizer programme to boost the country’s food security. Hassan made the appeal in Kitale town Thursday, during his inspection tour of the Kitale ASK show ground, which will host the national launch ...

By Irene Mwangi Nairobi — Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi has assured that the prices of key food commodities which include Unga and Rice will come down in the month of February. With escalating food prices and high cost of living due to the removal of subsidies in food commodities, Linturi stated that plans are ...

Having said that there has been so much buzz going around for Africa’s largest, most established and prominent agricultural show –  6th Africa Agri Expo happening next month on February 8th & 9th in KICC, Nairobi, Kenya,  peers from the industry are keenly looking forward to the two-day networking, knowledge sharing, brand building and thought-provoking ...

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Murang’a — Macadamia farmers in the country earned more than Sh4 billion in 2022, owing to increased production of the nuts. The chairman of the Nuts Traders Association of Kenya Johnson Kihara has said during the same year, farmers produced more than 65, 000 metric tons of macadamia. In an interview with KNA in Murang’a ...

By Rosemary Onchari All Josphine Omenta had was a 70 by 100 feet piece of land. It was a plot in the outskirts of Kisii town on which she needed to build a house, a cowshed, and two chicken coops. But Omenta, 62, was set on growing vegetables, too. How could she grow a vegetable ...

US President Joe Biden speaks with African leaders during the US-Africa Leaders Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Centre in Washington, DC, on December 15, 2022. PHOTO | BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI | AFP East African Community partner states say the US-Africa Summit last week was occasion to pitch investments in agriculture, health and energy – ...