Tag: Kenya
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CMC remobilizes to focus on agriculture mechanization solutions
CMC Motors Group Limited (CMC) remobilizes to focus on agriculture mechanization solutions in strategic change of direction in Kenya. New Holland Agriculture’s local distributor in Kenya, the CMC Motors Group Limited (CMC) has announced a major shift in its business strategies which is to move away from the mass-market passenger vehicle segment in Kenya. For ... -
New plan needed for irrigation to work
Centre pivot irrigation machine. [Gideon Maundu, Standard] More than 80 per cent of Kenya’s land mass is made up of arid and semi-arid areas. So, if Kenya is to increase its agricultural production, which currently accounts for 22.4 per cent of Gross Domestic Product, it must turn to irrigation-based farming in the arid and semi-arid areas. Agricultural engineer Bancy ... -
IFAD President and President of Kenya agree to accelerate agriculture and adapt to climate crisis
Alvaro Lario President Of The International Fund For Agricultural Development Ifad With William Ruto President Of Kenya On his first official visit to Kenya, Alvaro Lario, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), met with William Ruto, President of Kenya, to strengthen IFAD and Kenya’s long-standing partnership to scale up investments in agriculture ... -
Russia prepares shipments of free fertilizers to Kenya, Nigeria
Deputy foreign minister says extension of grain deal depends on ‘tangible progress’ on lifting sanctions on agriculture. The Russian deputy foreign minister on Friday said Moscow is preparing two shipments of fertilizers to Kenya and Nigeria free of charge. Speaking to Rossiya 24 TV channel, Sergey Vershinin said Russia wants to send its fertilizers, blocked ... -
Fish in East Africa: Among world’s greatest food ‘supply-demand imbalances’
Africa’s fish industry faces a significant supply-demand discrepancy, with aquaculture poised to fill the gap as demand continues to grow across the continent. “The East African fish supply deficit is one of the greatest supply-demand imbalances in the global food system today,” said Kenya-based aquaculture company Victory Farms in a recent statement to announce a ... -
Agro input company Elgon Kenya named strategic partner of the Commonwealth Investment Council
Nairobi, Kenya, 19th April 2023: The Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council, CWEIC, has selected agro input company Elgon Kenya as its strategic partner and appointed its Managing Director Dr. Bimal Kantaria to its global advisory council. The not-for-profit organization, is the Commonwealth’s business network. With over 100 business and government strategic partners from 31 countries and territories, CWEIC ... -
Elgon Kenya Managing Director appointed to the global advisory council
Nairobi, Kenya, 17th April 2023: The Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council, CWEIC, has selected agro input company Elgon Kenya as its strategic partner and appointed its Managing Director Dr. Bimal Kantaria to its global advisory council. The not-for-profit organization, is the Commonwealth’s business network. With over 100 business and government strategic partners from 31 countries and territories, CWEIC ... -
Kenya plans to plant maize on 500,000 acres idle public land
The country’s Agriculture PS Harsama Kello said they had mapped out land belonging to Kenya Agriculture Livestock Research Organisation, Kenya National Youth Service, Kenya Prisons and Agriculture Development Corporation to be put under crop cover. Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture will finance key state corporations to put 500,000 acres of their idle land under maize production ... -
Pioneering career Fellowship supports Kenyan women to enhance agri-food policies
Nairobi, Kenya April 13, 2023: Millions of women around the world are essential to the production of the world’s food and resources — yet they are often underpaid or forced to work in unsafe or unfair conditions. As such, effective policies are critical if research innovations are to provide gender-inclusive, sustainable solutions which allow Africa to ... -
Zambia minister: We have no maize to export to Kenya
Kenya’s Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi who has said Kenya is contracting Zambian farmers to grow maize exclusively for the Kenyan market. On the other hand, Zambia’s Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane has said his country will not be exporting maize to Kenya this season because it has a deficit in the grain. PHOTO | SILA ...
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