May 2017

Africa Food Prize competition submissions closing soon

Dr Kanayo Nwanze (in black suit) is congratulated after winning the 2016 Africa Food Prize. Nominations for the AFP competition are ending in four days. The winner pockets $100,000 (Kes10.3 million). Photo by KU-TV. Nominators have four days to propose their preferred candidates for the competition for Africa’s leading impactful agriculture initiative award, Africa Food Prize (AFP). […]

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Tomato trickling into the market eases price

Tomatoes at a market. Tomato prices are falling in the Country. Photo by New Vision. Consumers have started enjoying reduced tomato prices with the growing supply – two months after the end of the dry period. Tomatoes take between 75 days and 120 days to mature after transplanting. Rains started falling in mid March and

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Increased milk yield shakes prices downwards

Fresh milk at a supermarket. Two processor have announced the drop of the price of fresh milk by Sh10. Photo by The Star Fresh milk consumers will pay Sh10 less for a half liter of milk after two leading processors announced the drop due to improved deliveries from farmers and importation of duty-free milk to

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Uganda dominates regional agro-produce export

Farmers who have just harvested sorghum in Nyanza region, Kenya. Apart from maize, Uganda is selling sorghum to Kenya. Photo by One Acre Fund. Apart from the much talked about high maize cost, Uganda remains the main supplier of millet and sorghum to Kenya as the latter country recovers from the five-month long drought. While

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Rabbit urine cuts pesticide and fertiliser costs

Brian Otwori stands next to a rabbit urine tapping hutch. Photo by Laban Robert. Farmers using rabbit urine in production save on pesticide and fertiliser costs as the liquid offer major nutrients required by crops. Organic fertiliser companies and few rabbit farmers are turning the urine into a business venture. The cost of raw rabbit

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Avocado price triples in Malindi

Slashed avocado for consumption. Malindi is the best market for the fruit, offering three times more than most towns in Kenya. Photo by Pontansh As the harvest of the avocado crop picks in most production areas in Kenya, the coastal town of Malindi town is buying at triple the price of what inland regions are

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Internet ends bees varroa virus pest

A farmer checks honey combs. The internet can be used to tame varroa pests. Photo courtesy. Apart from using the Internet in research, farmer can use this way of communication in controlling pests like bee varroa destructor mites by sending detector and action signals. Varroa destructor mite can cause loses of between 44 per cent

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Russian boycott of EU products opens market for Kenyan farmers

A farmer with harvested avocados. Russia’s boycott of farm produce from EU presents a market opportunity for Kenya. Photo by Mt Kenya Avocados. Russia’s continued boycott of European Union products presents an all-year round market opportunity for the Kenyan horticultural farmers in the export industry. Monica Kamau of Kankam Exporters said Russia has a potential

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Beans prices rise as maize remains scarce

A farmer with various bean types. Beans have equally grown in price although the attention is on maize in Kenya. Photo by CIAT. Although the attention has been sustained on the rising maize cost due to the ongoing shortage, the price of other gains and seeds have also gone up by between Sh700 to more

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Tomato prices drop a month after rains

A woman walks past tomatoes. Tomato prices have started falling. Photo by Development of rural areas. As consumers continue to pay high prices for various commodities in Kenya, the price of basic commodities may start dropping- two months into the rain season. Tomatoes, whose price for instance shot to sell at about Sh7,500 per crate

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