Heavy rains to increase food importation – agricultural expert
Moreover, the disruption to food exports poses a risk to the nation's balance of payments
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Consumers urged to prioritise food safety before purchasing
Policy will address overlaps, capacity building, and resource mobilisation.
Nairobi to host second African fertiliser and soil health summit
- Fertiliser usage in Kenya remains below the global average, highlighting a critical need for ...
Dryland crops, pasture grasses to raise production, resilience
Kalro targets 500,000 smallholder farmers and pastoralists with help from the state and the EU.
Farmers can now access armyworm-resistant maize seeds
Maurice Makaa, a small-scale farmer in Makueni County said the armyworms ruined farmers food and livelihoods.
FAO developing data collection tool for climate resilience plans
There is no way to compare and harmonise interventions in Africa
Help promote traditional foods in markets, state urged
"The investments will enhance infrastructural development and skills of sellers and consumers."
Women venture into contracted cane farming in Western
Sugar factories need more sugarcane, prices are good and women are farming.
Color-changing strips simplify milk mastitis testing
It will save farmers money and prevent them from mixing infected milk with safe milk
Millers raise alarm over high aflatoxin in Ugandan maize
Aflatoxin is contained in a soil fungus and occurs when maize, grains and groundnuts not well dried.
High onion prices put tears in eyes of strained customers
The onion prices have gone up by 11 percent
Mainstream forgotten African foods, says report
The compendium of forgotten foods in Africa report, which is a first-of-its-kind
Lari farmers go for modern beekeping as demand for honey soars
Tendo Apiaries trains farmers and schools on the method and value addition.
Kenya losing close to Sh400 billion to malnutrition
GAIN says malnutrition in children has resulted in reduced productivity, high cost of treatment and high education costs
State aims to slash Sh160bn edible oil import cost
Plans to grow sunflower in 34 counties and eventually lower prices of cooking oil
Farmers want e-voucher back to bring sanity to fertiliser subsidy program
Farmers warn that the fake fertiliser and seeds will delay planting and affect production
Cotton farmers to reap from value addition
Bt cotton is a genetically modified pest resistant cotton variety that produces an insecticide
DP establishes task force to streamline avocado subsector
Task force given 30 days to come up with an actionable plan.
African farmers reap big from mechanisation
A new report by Heifer International says Africa is the least mechanised continent
Seed companies push information to rural farmers to improve ...
For farmers, access to quality seeds remains imperative.