Agricultural Production

World leaders call for innovative private sector partnerships to finance Africa’s agri

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In a special session Monday at the World Economic Forum’s Sustainable Development Impact Meetings 2023, Kenyan President William Samoei Ruto, offered a grim assessment of the current situation of agriculture on the continent: Agricultural production in Africa is currently the lowest in the world, with severe implications on nutrition and food security. As of the …

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Govt projects bumper 40M maize bag harvest owing to subsidised fertiliser

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From reported early maize harvests, the government projects that the country will have a great harvest of over 40 million bags for the long rains season alone. This is more than the entirety of the 2021 production year (36.7 million bags). State officials say this owes greatly to the government’s subsidised fertiliser program that has …

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Land in Kenya

Government approves leasing of idle state land to private farmers

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By George Munene The Kenyan government will lease out idle land owned by Kenyan parastatals to private farmers in an effort to arrest rising food insecurity in the country. The move greenlit by Kenya’s cabinet on Thursday seeks to reclaim public land and contract it out to private farmers for intensive agriculture. “Cabinet approved the …

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