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A group of farm­ers from Machakos County is im­prov­ing on-farm pro­duc­tion and mar­ket­ing of their pro­duce thanks to in­ter­coun­try bench­mark­ing, an idea that has seen the farm­ers visit three coun­tries within the East Africa re­gion to learn from their fel­low farm­ers about good ag­ro­nom­ical prac­tices. Machakos Farm­ers Am­bas­sad­ors which was formed in 2014 with 200 …

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A group of 41 Nyamira farmers are earning between Sh500 to Sh1000 per bunch of bananas after establishing a joint marketing collection center to market their bananas. This is triple the amount they used to earn per bunch when they sold the products individually. The farmers came together to spur sales after receiving various trainings …

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Sino-Africa Joint Re­search Cen­ter (SA­JOREC) at the Jomo Kenyatta Uni­versity of Ag­ri­cul­ture Tech­no­logy (JKUAT) in col­lab­or­a­tion with Botanic Dia­mond, a Kenya-based com­pany run by Chinese is im­prov­ing small-scale farm­ers’ in­come in Kenya by adding value to plants such as moringa, baobab, and tooth­brush trees into medi­cinal teas, es­sen­tial oils, and tooth­paste. This was after SA­JOREC …

Chinese-Africa Joint Re­search Cen­ter improves farmer incomes by adding value to underutilized crops Read More »

In 2021, Lucas Wainaina, from Thangira village of Makuyu in Murang’a County was among 3,500 smallholder farmers who received an early Christmas gift following a Sh 31 million bonus pay-out by Kakuzi PLC for quality Hass avocado fruits delivered earlier to the firm. He has also been able to tap into Kakuzi’s already established export …

Murang’a farmer reaps from Kakuzi’s smallholder avocado gold rush Read More »

By George Munene  Kenya’s agriculture sector recorded a contraction of 0.6 per cent in the third quarter of 2022 compared to a growth of 0.6 per cent recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2021. The decline was reflected in vegetable exports and milk intake by processors which declined by 26.1 per cent and 10.7 per …

Kenya’s agri sector down as vegetable exports & milk deliveries decline  Read More »

By George Munene  The USAID’s Kenya staple food price bulletin showed 2022 to be a record year for food prices across the country with prices in most monitored markets over 70 percent of the five-year average. In November, maize prices were 29-113 per cent above the five-year average. Similarly, bean prices in monitored markets are …

Kenya’s 2022 food prices 70% higher than five year average Read More »

The horticulture sector is ranked as the fastest-growing sector in the agriculture industry in Kenya; however, produce from Kenya has faced rejection at the entry point of key export markets with Kenya being placed under the radar by the European Union as one of the countries with 10 per cent maximum residue levels. According to …

Ways of avoiding rejection of horticultural export produce Read More »

  A group of farmers from Western Kenya has started processing among others sossi yogurt, flour, and beverages from soya beans as a solution to the smaller quantities of their products which were going to waste due to rejection by a high volume buying company. The farmers pooled together under the Mumias District Federation of …

Mumias farmers value add rejected soya beans to earn additional income stream Read More »

Farmers are moving into schools and other institutions in search of markets as their peers who rely on buying companies and middlemen suffer losses due to delayed sales. Trans-Nzoia County potato farmer William Wafula Ndalila realised the potential of selling farm products to schools after consecutive losses to low prices in local markets. In the …

Trans-Nzoia potato farmer turns to institutions for fair peices & prompt payment Read More »

A project that gives women pastoralists a market for their camel milk is insulating them during dry times when men migrate with animals in search of pasture and water leaving them vulnerable. Dubbed Samburu Camel Project, the project supports the pastoralist way of life in Kenya by reducing the vulnerability of women during the dry …

Camel project keeps women pastoralists earning when men leave for pasture Read More »