By Bruhan Makong Nairobi — President William Ruto has given notice to cartels within the agricultural sector who continue to frustrate farmers in different parts of the country. President Ruto reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to dealing ruthlessly with unscrupulous persons bent on hijacking government services. Ruto who spoke Thursday when he met Regional and County ...

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Kenya’s bid to achieve food security has received a boost after the country was admitted to the executive board of the World Food Programme. Kenya now joins the WFP supreme governing body for a period of three years starting January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025. Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi has ...

PRESS RELEASE The drought situation remained critical in 20 of the 23 ASAL counties during the month of November 2022. Rains have been reported across the country bringing with it some respite. Unfortunately, in the ASALs, the current shorts rains season has so far underperformed marked by late onset and poor distribution and precipitation amounts. ...

By Kevin Rotich Nairobi — Kenyan farmers will now be able to track prices of fertilizers locally and globally through a new Pan-African online platform. The AfricaFertilizer.org (AFO) website seeks to promote food security in Kenya as well as 17 sub-Saharan African (SSA) States by providing in-depth data on fertilizer supply chains and availability. It ...

Kisumu — The Principal Secretary (PS) of the State Department for Crop Development Kello Harsama has reiterated the need for a joint collaborative approach to address the challenges bedeviling the sugar industry. He decried the perennial problems and challenges plaguing Kenya’s sugar cane farmers despite the sector’s enormous potential in contributing to the national economy. ...

Kenya stands alone in the region as far as the importation and growing of genetically modified organisms (GMO) is concerned. Tanzania, Uganda and Burundi have all said they are not open to GMOs, and the wider East African Community concurs. On October 4, Kenya lifted a ban on GMOs imposed in 2012, and the country ...

The African Plant Nutrition Institute announces the 2nd edition of the African Conference on Precision Agriculture, to be held from 7th to 9th December in Nairobi, Kenya BenGuerir, November 25, 2022 – The African Plant Nutrition Institute (APNI) in partnership with the International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA), the African Association for Precision Agriculture (AAPA), ...

Nairobi, Kenya- November 23rd 2022: Demand for poultry products is on the rise in Kenya driven by an emerging middle-class created in existing and new urban settlements as a result of Devolution.   To feed the appetite, an estimated 1.5 million birds are slaughtered weekly from a population of some 35 million fowls being fed for ...

Africa’s agriculture sector has always piqued the interest of investors and innovators – ever since the market has been projected to value US$1 trillion by 2030. With an aim to bring the entire agricultural value chain under one roof and open up a vibrant platform for agribusiness experts, top global companies, key policymakers and other ...