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Uhuru directs NCPB to buy maize at Sh2,500

May 9, 20190

President Uhuru Kenyatta recently directed the Ministry of Agriculture to start buying maize from farmers at Sh2,500 per bag. This is Sh200 more than what the cabinet

Sugar task force demands State to pay farmers Sh2.7bn

May 9, 20190

A task force headed by Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya suspended its public engagements indefinitely after a section of farmers threatened to launch a parallel process

Kenya will use technology to achieve food security, President Uhuru Kenyatta

May 9, 20190

President Uhuru Kenyatta says Kenya will use science and technology to achieve inclusive agricultural growth, nutrition and food security in the country. He said the

Farmers opposes maize supply limit

May 9, 2019May 9, 20190

Farmers in Uasin Gishu County have protested the decision by the government to slash the quantity of maize they can supply to the National Cereals

Committee on tea pushes for regulator in new Bill

May 9, 20190

Every tea grower and processor will be registered and licensed to a new body for import, export and marketing, if a new bill tabled in

Stevia farmers to get Chinese market

May 9, 20190

Stevia farmers stand to be the first beneficiaries of a deal between Kenya and China that has cleared the way for Kenyan farmers to export

Miraculous cabbage farming in Samburu

May 9, 20190

Kenya is one of the economies in the world that is still considered to be an agricultural economy. Despite this, the country is still lagging

Kenya government settles pyrethrum debt

May 9, 20190

The Kenyan government has paid massive debts owed to pyrethrum farmers as part of efforts to renew the ailing sector and restore the country’s position

Nyandarua receives Sh116M grant for potato sector

May 9, 20190

The Nyandarua county has received a Sh116 million grant from the European Union to boost potato farming. Speaking after signing the deal at the Devolution

Kitui farmers to get new livestock breeds

May 9, 2019May 9, 20190

More than 100,000 households in Kitui County will benefit from a technology-based livestock improvement and multiplication programme through mass breeding. The target beneficiaries – majority

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Makueni County Advances Dairy Sector with Strategic Support for Farmers

Digital Agriculture Partnership in Tanzania Empowers Smallholder Farmers

Uhuru directs NCPB to buy maize at Sh2,500

Sugar task force demands State to pay farmers Sh2.7bn

Kenya will use technology to achieve food security, President Uhuru Kenyatta

Farmers opposes maize supply limit

Committee on tea pushes for regulator in new Bill

Stevia farmers to get Chinese market

Miraculous cabbage farming in Samburu

Kenya government settles pyrethrum debt

Nyandarua receives Sh116M grant for potato sector

Kitui farmers to get new livestock breeds