The aged-old lack of prescribed storage facilities for foodstuff, resulting in post-harvest losses remains a barrier to the growth of the agriculture sector, a multi-country study in Ghana and Kenya has revealed. The study, which sought to analyse market challenges … Continue reading Lack of storage facilities still a major problem for farmers – Study
Sweat trickles down Yovensiah Mochama’s face as she walks toward a rabbit hutch, carrying a bundle of succulent plants. She opens the window of the hutch and pushes the feed inside. When they see the feed, the excited rabbits crowd … Continue reading Kenya: Farmers use rabbit urine as pesticide and fertilizer
The Opportunity — Enhancing smallholder productivity through financing Francis Njane is a Kenyan horticulture farmer from Laikipia County whose yields have quadrupled since joining the Burguret Self-Help Group. The six-member farmers’ group, formed in early 2019, has enhanced members’ productivity … Continue reading Kenya: Credit guarantees drive financial product innovation for smallholder farmers
In Kenya, farmers have observed a loss of at least half of their maize yields due to the fall armyworm. In Africa alone, the pest has caused an estimated $10 billion in damage. While the pest prefers maize, it attacks … Continue reading Kenyan farmers find hope in fighting Fall Armyworm
Kenya’s farmers are currently facing two distinct crises: coronavirus and a locust invasion. However, the ongoing uptake of digital solutions is helping to strengthen resilience in the agriculture sector and ensure that fresh produce can still reach consumers. The broader … Continue reading Digital solutions enhance resilience of Kenya’s agriculture sector amid Covid-19 pressures
Kenya’s agriculture is set to benefit from several gene-editing projects that target some of the country’s key food crops and livestock. Farmers raising sorghum, maize, bananas, pigs and cattle can expect good news from ongoing research projects that aim to … Continue reading Kenya looks to gene editing to grow its key food crops
Agricultural firm Kakuzi will soon resume exports of avocados to supermarkets in Europe which stopped buying its produce in October last year when the firm was accused of serious human rights abuses. Supermarket chains Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Lidl suspended Kakuzi … Continue reading Kenya: Kakuzi to resume UK avocado exports after rights boycott
Kenyan growers of bananas and broccoli have been advised to seize opportunities in the South Korean market, after a sales deal was struck by the two nations. Trade PS Johnson Weru said Korea in 2018 opened a window for imports … Continue reading Kenyan banana and broccoli farmers urged to pursue Korean purchase deal
Traders and locals in Kenya’s Kajiado county are upset, as tomato prices rose by more than 50% in just a month. According to these traders, the acute shortage of tomatoes was the result of the Kenya-Tanzania stalemate after the Jubilee … Continue reading Kenya: Tomato prices more than double as Tanzania stops exports
Mangoes are quite critical to the economy of Kenya’s Makueni County. However, its exports are still missing out on the lucrative global business. With Makueni as the leading county in mango production, contributing up to 31 per cent of the … Continue reading Hope for Kenyan mango farmers as exports to Europe resume
The Horn of Africa has been experiencing its worst locust crisis in more than 25 years. In Kenya, the swarms of insects are the worst they’ve been in 70 years. But things might be looking up. The current locust upsurge … Continue reading Kenya: Locust outbreak may be coming to an end
There was confusion in the East African grain market this week after Kenya banned maize imports from Tanzania and Uganda. The Agriculture and Food Authority said the reason for the ban was that levels of mycotoxins in the maize from … Continue reading Why maize is causing trade tensions between Kenya and its neighbours
Crop Prospects and Food Situation, a quarterly publication by Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Markets and Trade Division, indicates that cereal output and import must both rise in Low-Income Food Deficit Countries. The report by the FAO, estimated that aggregate … Continue reading Cereal output, import must rise in Low-Income Food Deficit Countries
Kenya has with immediate effect banned the importation of maize into the country from two neighbouring countries including Uganda and Tanzania According to a letter by the acting Director-General of the Agriculture and Food Authority, Kello Harsama to Pamela Ahago, … Continue reading Kenya bans maize imports from Uganda, Tanzania
Agnes Kalibata, a Rwandan who grew up in Uganda with refugee parents, had an ambition to become a medical doctor or an engineer. But as her father turned from teaching to farming to fund his children’s education, little did Kalibata … Continue reading Nairobi: Women must ‘do the hard stuff’ to stand out
The avocado campaign at Kenya Fresh starts in February for the Fuerte variety and March for Hass. “Our company expect to export both conventional and organic Hass and Fuerte via sea and airfreight,” said Prisscilla King’angi from export company Kenya … Continue reading Agric commodity market: Kenyan avocado harvest gets underway
British High Commissioner to Kenya Jane Marriott has issued a statement, saying that the UK has reaffirmed its commitment to scale-up trade with Kenya. She added that her country was keen on seeing the foreign currency revenues back into a … Continue reading ‘UK ready to scale up trade with Kenya due to new Trade Agreement’ – Jane Marriott
Locusts have remained a major threat to the Horn of Africa due to favourable weather conditions, Keith Cressman, a senior locust forecasting officer at the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nation (FAO) said. In a statement issued in … Continue reading Favourable weather prolongs locust menace in horn of Africa – FAO
The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has invited bids for the supply of 85,000 metric tonnes of fertiliser. In an advert published in a local daily, the agency announced it was inviting pre-qualified firms for the supply of the NPK … Continue reading Kenya Tea Development Agency calls for bids to supply 85,000 tonnes of fertiliser
The Agriculture Ministry, Kenya, has developed the Enable Youth Programme (EYP) to address challenges affecting youth in agribusiness. Speaking on Spice FM, CAS Anne Nyaga said the EYP was reached on following countrywide consultation on ills affecting youth eyeing agribusiness. … Continue reading Kenya: Agric Ministry develops youth programme to address agribusiness challenges
