Topic: Agriculture
'Ndengu' farmers jubilate as MPs reject the controversial Mung Beans Bill 2022
Sep 25, 2024 at 09:44 AM
Kenyan mung bean farmers are celebrating a hard-fought victory as the National Assembly has dealt a decisive blow to the controversial Mung Beans Bill 2022....
Kenya and US agriculture sector players unveil Sh1.9 billion in new co-investments
Sep 14, 2023 at 09:38 PM
Kenyan and US firms in the agriculture sector have unveiled a $12.8 million (Sh1.9 billion) in new co-investments to boost trade and investment in Kenya's burgeoning agriculture se...
Agriculture-based SACCOs facing loan defaults due to biting drought crisis
Sep 11, 2023 at 02:12 PM
The SACCO Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA) has unveiled its annual SACCO supervision report for 2022, revealing a concerning trend of loan defaults within agriculture-based s...
Ruto unveils Phase 2 of fertiliser subsidy program, announces further price slash
Aug 02, 2023 at 03:04 PM
President William Ruto on Wednesday announced the rollout of the second phase of the government’s fertiliser subsidy program promising further lowering of fertiliser prices....
AGRA unveils strategy to ensure food security and boost agricultural sector
Jun 14, 2023 at 08:13 PM
In a bid to enhance food security and build the resilience of smallholder farmers, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has launched its Kenya Strategy....
BAT Kenya ups bid to achieve sustainable agriculture in Western region counties
May 29, 2023 at 11:55 PM
BAT Kenya has upscaled its efforts towards improving livelihoods and food security of its tobacco farmers in counties in Western Kenya by supplying them with subsistence crops....
Kenya Breweries to train 60,000 farmers on climate resilient farming methods
May 11, 2023 at 12:16 PM
Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) has pledged to equip 60,000 farmers with agricultural skills and resources to build economic and environmental resilience amid climate change hurdles....
How SupaFarm is applying technology to help farmers in Kenya boost their profits
Apr 12, 2023 at 08:02 PM
Startup, The Wissensof Company, has developed a platform called SupaFarm that allows farmers in Kenya to keep track of their farming activities and monitor their farm's performance...
CS Linturi announces enhanced bilateral trade in tea between Kenya and Pakistan
Feb 28, 2023 at 11:43 AM
Pakistan is Kenya’s largest trade partner in the tea sector and imports 40 per cent of Kenyan tea....
WayCool Foods' tech arm Censa plots takeover of Africa's food supply chain
Feb 08, 2023 at 05:18 PM
Censa is a unified tech platform powered by new-age tech, including Robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Language (ML) and the Internet of Things (IoT) at each stage of ...
Moses Kuria justifies government decision to import maize, lift GMO ban
Nov 21, 2022 at 06:00 PM
Moses Kuria, CS, Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry, has revealed that farmers in Kenya’s bread basket are hoarding up to 20 million bags of maize....
Sasini, Fahari Aviation ink deal to adopt drones in fertiliser application in farms
Aug 25, 2022 at 03:44 PM
Fahari Aviation, which a subsidiary of Kenya Airways has inked a service deal with Kipkebe Ltd, which is a subsidiary of Sasini, to offer precision agricultural services using dron...