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UK non-profit Ripple Effect International and the Kenya Agricultural and the Kenya Livestock and Research Organization (KALRO) are contracting farmers in Migori County to produce grain amaranth seeds to enable the commercialisation of the highly sought-after climate-smart crop in Kenya. According to the AfriFI Kenya Climate Smart Agricultural Productivity Project (AfriFI Kenya CS APP), the […]

Working with 800 Kenyan farmers Farm to Feed (FTF) is helping provide a ready market for imperfect and surplus produce that would otherwise go to waste helping raise the farmers’ incomes by 41 per cent. Founded in April 2020 as a COVID-19 food relief effort buying imperfect crops at risk of going to waste and

Kenya’s sugar production is expected to increase by 40 per cent through April 2025 to 750,000 metric tons (MT) due to a historic harvest of 190,000 hectares. This increase in area harvested follows the expiration of a ban on sugarcane harvesting issued by Kenya’s Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA).  USDA’s Foreign Agriculture Service anticipates sugar

Sunflower processors are shifting to new high-oil content sunflower varieties that are more economical to process. Previously, Kenyan farmers almost exclusively grew Kenya Fedha sunflowers. Readily available in agro-shops, this variety contains 38 per cent oil content. In comparison, Hysun 33, H8998, and Rekord sunflowers have 42-48 per cent oil content. Related News: Meru oilseed

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The disruption of usual meat supply channels from Kenya to the Middle East has seen beef traders from the Gulf fly into Kenya with pockets full of dollars which has contributed to the inflation of beef prices in the country to record highs. According to the KNBS March 2024 data, the average retail price for

Despite the price of hybrid onion seeds doubling over the past year, onion growers are still laughing all the way to the bank as the price of the purple gold remains elevated across the country on limited supply.  “Currently, the farmgate price of one kilogram of onions is as high as Sh140. At that price

Stricter European Union Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) have increased the interception and destruction of Kenya’s agriculture exports at EU borders.  To avoid losing millions in produce, Kenyan export farmers are increasingly seeking out SGS Kenya– the country’s only internal pesticide residue tester. Pesticide residues refer to the remnants of pesticides after their application on crops

The severe 2020 – 2023 East African drought killed over 9.5 million livestock in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia by March of last year. This has caused a 48 per cent spike in the price of beef products since 2019, when a kilogram of beef retailed for Sh422.  The number of livestock fit for slaughter for

Oilseed processor Rafikipay Ltd is looking to recruit 1,000 sunflower out-growers in Tharaka and Bura Irrigation Scheme. The farmers will be given free sunflower cultivation training and agronomic support then hybrid seeds on credit before being enlisted on a one-year contract between 2024-2025. According to company founder Joshua Gitonga, the Meru-based company is among Kenya’s