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September 2023

Kenchic increases price of day-old chicks, cites increased operation cost

Kenchic Limited has announced a five-shilling increment for its day-old layer, broiler, and Kenbro chicks. The price change which will take effect on Monday of next month means they will now retail for Sh140, Sh100, and Sh110 respectively. In a letter to its customers, East Africa’s biggest supplier of chicks cited a weakened shilling and

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French Tech Center launches competition for digital agriculture solutions

Through the innovative competition, #HackTonFutur, La French Tech Nairobi has launched its Kenyan Digital Agriculture edition dubbed Tuhack Tuomoke! for Kenyan high school students. The competition seeks to award the most innovative technological solution to improve Kenya’s agriculture.  The technology should be integrated to support farmers and offer digital tools, services, or platforms that could

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Kenya resumes regular EU chili export after 2-month ban

Kenya has resumed regular chili exports to the European Union (EU) after two months of interrupted exports following the interception of chillis in July that didn’t meet the union’s stringent phytosanitary standards. According to Kenya Plants Health Inspectorate Service (Kephis) Managing Director Theophilus Mutui there have been no further interventions and the country is working

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Report highlights abundance of hazardous pests on Kenyan plates

According to a report by Route to Food Initiative, Kenyan tomatoes and kale are the leading agricultural commodities with pesticide residue exceeding safe food limits Maize, wheat, coffee, potatoes, and tomatoes were found to require the largest volumes of pesticides, with a heavy reliance on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs). It further highlighted that 34 per

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