Tanzania’s drive to industrialise sunflower sector stumbles on stalled seed subsidy scheme
Tanzania’s drive to industrialise its sunflower sector has stumbled for the 2023/2024 growing season on…
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Agriculture
Latest agriculture stories from across Kenya.
AfDB distributes fertilizer to 100,000 Kenyan smallholder farmers
The African Development Bank (AfDB)-managed Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) will provide a Sh303 million…
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ENI Kenya banks Sh31.96B for Agri-Feedstock Project
The International Finance Corporation(IFC) will invest a loan of up to Sh31.96 billion ($210 million)…
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Kenya could achieve maize self-sufficiency in 5yrs from improved farming practices– World Bank
According to a 2023 World Bank Group report on Kenya, the deployment of technologies, innovations,…
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Value addition through village coops tames losses 3× earnings
A retired teacher is changing the agricultural landscape among farmers with his heightened efforts of…
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AATF wins $1M for advancing agricultural technology in Africa
Nairobi, Kenya; November 2023] The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) was announced as the joint…
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Factsheet: Growing Cowpea Livestock Feed
According to a recently released ‘Cowpea Livestock Feed’ factsheet by the International Livestock Research Institute…
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UK invests $26.5M in African farmers’ post-harvest structural improvements
British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution (DFI) and impact investor, today announced…
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Embu fish farmers champion earthen ponds as alternative to expensive dam liners
A group of fish farmers in Embu County are championing the use of earthened ponds…
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KCIC disburses Sh10.4M to 36 schools to actualize 4K Club projects
The Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC) will disburse a Sh10.4 million grant to 36 schools…
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US, TZ partner to transform country into E.Africa horticulture powerhouse
The United States Agency for International Development in Tanzania celebrated the firstyear achievements for the…
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Machakos farmer keeps family fed through simple terracing and crop rotation techniques
William Ndolo is a family man with two wives, ten children, and six grandchildren. Yet…
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Farmers turn to fruit farming to maximise incomes
As the market for traditional crops becomes saturated and diseases ravage traditionally lucrative crops like…
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Farmers increase production 50% through professional information sharing
Kenyan farmers have increased production in selected crops by upto 50 percent and increased farm…
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Integrated soil fertility management triples farmers’ yields
Over 1.8 million smallholder farmers from sub-Saharan Africa have embraced integrated soil fertility management in…
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Smallholder farmers join hands to buy irrigation equipment
As erratic rainfall takes its toll on crops, smallholder farmers are joining hands to embrace…
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Former accountant earns from red worm rearing and breeding
Peter Kanyagia a former accountant is earning up to Sh100,000 every three months rearing and…
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Kisii women group employ banana value addition to avoid wastage
A group of women in a savings group buffeted by banana glut in Kisii area…
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Sugarcane juice-making enterprise earns 5* more
A childhood love for sugarcane for Charles Odira has metamorphosed into a juice-making enterprise that…
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Vetch grass offers farmers multiple benefits
Farmers have been encouraged to plant hairy vetch not just for livestock consumption but also…
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Kenya’s Environment Court dismisses case challenging GM crops use
The Kenya Environment Court has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a government decision to allow the…
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69% of farmers access subsidized fertilizer, disparities remain
According to a Central Bank of Kenya survey of the Agriculture sector, access to government-subsidized…
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Government to acquire 650 milk coolers to address milk perishability
Speaking at the milk processors stakeholders meeting held at State House, Nakuru, President William Ruto…
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Dairy quickest, most impactful sector to address Kenya’s economic woes
According to President William Ruto’s top economic adviser, David Ndii, the dairy sector offers the…
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