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Kenya remains hooked on a staple food forced on the population by British colonialists, as climate change and research show it is becoming increasingly unsuited for successful farming in the region. According to Yale’s Tropical Resources Institute, the Portuguese first introduced maize to East Africa in the 16th century along the Swahili coast. The crop […]

By George Munune, FarmBizAfrica.com The Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) on Thursday (19th September 2024) issued a statement that the KS1758 horticulture standard, which lays out some of the world’s harshest farm regulations, will be optional for Kenyan farmers, following reporting by FarmBizAfrica.com of the authority’s plans to make the standard mandatory. Earlier the same

Between June 2017 and July 2018, Lamech Victorious lay broke and bedridden after suffering 30 per cent burns on his body. He didn’t know it then, but that tragedy was the catalyst for him building his small empire. Popularly known as Mkulima Mdogo within farming circles– a sarcastic nickname which he embraced– the 27-year-old today

Traditionally used for pooling resources for social support, chama savings groups in western Kenya have now moved to pooling labour on farms, cutting labour costs by up to 40 per cent. Various savings groups mostly led by women have now moved to the farms assisting fellow members in the entire food production process from land