Fresh regulations by the Ministry of Agriculture to pay dairy farmers based on quality of the milk delivered as opposed to weight by March this year will strengthen the sector and improve the producers’ income. According to a January this year report on Quality Based Milk Payment Study in Kenya by Irwin Foreman MSc, a …
Kenyan sweet potato farmers can now export their produce to the European Union market following a drop in the produce production by 18 per cent in the region according to the North-Western European Potato Growers statistics for the 2018 season. The production in EU is the lowest since 2012 and eight per cent lower than …
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A capture of the ICRISAT digital seed roadmap. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), an international agricultural research organization has launched modern digital seed ‘catalog’ and seed ‘roadmap’ tool to enable famers access information about the quality and availability of seeds in one click. This innovative tool will ultimately enable farmers in several …
James Ndung’u holding grafted avocado and tree tomato seedlings at his farm in Nyeri County. He also have about 2,000 yam tubers for sale. Photo courtesy. A former fine artist who decided to leave a well-paying job three years ago due its one-off nature to start raising various plant seedlings such as tree tomato, hass …
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Farmers will soon benefit from drought and disease tolerant millet varieties after they were developed by researchers at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization in collaboration with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics. “During the first phase of our project, we have identified millet samples showing resistance to drought striga weed …
Oserian Development Company Limited staff during the International Grower of the Year Awards ceremony in Germany. Photo courtesy. The all-time growing flower sector in Kenya according to Africa’s Competitiveness in the Global Economy Report 2018 has produced one of the best cut flower grower in the world. Oserian Development Company Limited, one of Kenya’s largest …
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Kenyan coffee farmers are set to earn 24 per cent more income after the average price of a 50kg per bag rose from Sh19,666 last week to Sh24,442 this week driven by delivery of quality beans despite falling international prices. The prices are expected to hold on for the next two months as famers from …
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SUCAM, the sugar campaign for change advocacy group, today laid out multiple legal breaches within Kenya’s draft sugar regulations in an alert to the Ministry of Agriculture’s Sugar Industry Task Force of the need to be vigilant in observing Kenya’s constitution, trade agreements, and existing legal framework. In one of multiple legal breaches, SUCAM drew …
Packed chia seeds, a product of Helitech, a community based organisation in Lari Sub-County, Kiambu County. Prices of herbs and spices are all-time high in local and international markets due to their health and nutrition values. Photo courtesy. The farming and trading in herbs and spices such as chives, mint, coriander, basil, rosemary and sage among …
The government through the department of planning has announced plans to conduct the first ever census of crop growing farmers in Kenya in a move aimed at identifying genuine growers who will have access to subsidized fertilizer and market for their produce. The farmers will be registered based on the acreage they own and the …
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