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UK non-profit taps up Migori farmers to commercialise in-demand grain amaranth
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...
Farm to Feed: Helping farmers find a market for ‘bad’ & excess produce
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’
Kenya’s sugar production to increase 40% owing to historic harvest
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
Processors pivot to more economical high-oil-content sunflower varieties
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
