Uhuru directs NCPB to buy maize at Sh2,500
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...