USAID launch project combating soil acidity to improve maize yields
By George Munene The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Feed the…
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Agriculture
Latest agriculture stories from across Kenya.
Kenya facing 360M kilogram fish deficit
By George Munene The Ministry of Agriculture has warned of a 360 million kilogram fish…
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Microsoft to boost small-scale African farmer incomes through digital training
By George Munene Through Microsoft’s 4Africa initiative over 50,000 smallholder farmers and 50 cooperatives in…
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Kenya to increase coffee exports to South Korea
By George Munene Kenya is looking to increase its coffee exports to South Korea by…
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Sh1bn Vipingo factory a boon to cashew nut farmers
By George Munene Centum Investment PLC has kicked off the construction of a Sh1 billion…
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Online marketplace opens for banana, tuber & root crop farmers
By George Munene Kagoka Foods, an Agritech startup, and social enterprise is partnering with small-scale…
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Mazao recruiting organic horticulture outgrowers
By George Munene Mazao Organics, a non-synthetic fertilizer manufacturer has a ready market for various organically grown…
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Integrating trees into farms offers extra income & regenerates soils
By George Munene Syntropic agriculture/successional agroforestry is an integrated farming approach that involves the growing…
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Desmodium and Napier diet raises milk yield
By George Munene Desmodium is a legume that offers a rich source of crude protein…
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NCPB opens storage facilities to wheat farmers to help mitigate losses
By George Munene The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) will open its storage facilities…
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Farmers develop disease & drought-tolerant coffee varieties through grafting
By George Munene Grafting refers to the joining of the upper part of a plant…
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Sh 5.1B agribusiness fund calling for 2400 women & youth applicants
By George Munene The AgriBiz programme seeks to accelerate the engagement of women and youth…
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Farmers warn EU pesticide policy will cripple Kenyan agriculture
By George Munene Farmer lobby groups led by the Fresh Produce Consortium of Kenya, the…
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Homa Bay fish farm helping cure Kenya’s Chinese fish dependence
By George Munene Headquartered at Roo beach in Homa Bay county, Victory Farms is a…
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Reopened Isiolo airport provides export opportunity to fresh produce farmers
By George Munene Isiolo, Meru, and Laikipia farmers will increase their fresh produce export by…
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State constructing Lamu livestock pre-export zone to tap export market
By George Munene Kenya has begun construction of a livestock pre-export zone in Lamu County….
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Student founded app empowers farmers through market access & farming info
By George Munene Founded by two engineering students in July 2020, ecoSokoni is a mobile…
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Varsity helping farmers unlock snail farming’s untapped potential
By George Munene Given it offers lucrative returns with little start-up capital, snail farming is…
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Government working to avail affordable dairy feeds to farmers
By George Munene The Ministry of Agriculture is working on availing affordable and nutritious sources…
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KALRO develops new cashew nuts yielding 4× existing varieties
By George Munene The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) has developed 14 new…
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Kenya seeks Chinese fish import ban to protect local fishers
By George Munene The National Assembly’s Committee on Agriculture— which controls Kenya’s fisheries policy— has…
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Mumias arrowroot farmer adopts value addition to improve earnings & provide employment
By George Munene With recent headlines of an entire sack of potatoes selling at the…
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KALRO develops potato varieties with longer after harvest shelf life
By George Munene The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO) has developed new potato…
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Poor Kenyan farmers adopt digital currency to raise their economic output
By George Munene Across Kenya, in Kilifi, Kwale, Kakuma, Embu, West Pokot, the informal settlements…
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