In an effort to maximise farmer returns in the grain and pulses market, the government has committed to implementing the Warehouse Receipt System Act of 2019. The Warehouse Receipt System (WRS) seeks to stabilise grain market prices by reducing the pressure on farmers to sell their crops right after harvest when market prices are often …
Govt implements Warehouse Receipt System to maximise farmer grain prices Read More »
Mwingi farmer Charles Kalili has tripled his livestock herd from 20 to 63 goats, and sheep from 20 to 52 after building a water pan to harvest water for his animals. In February 2017, the farmer bought the animals from the International Livestock Research Institute at a cost of Sh200,000 only to find out that …
Mwingi Farmer Triples Livestock Herd With Water Pan Read More »
In a small village in Nyanza area, a farm has caught villagers attention and attracted thousands of visitors from as far as Nairobi keen on learning how it manages to produce bountiful harvest with no fertilizer applied. Yet this is a journey Caleb Omolo, the owner of the farm, has walked through to prove to …
Fertiliser-free Kisumu Farm Provides Blueprint for Permaculture Farming in Kenya Read More »
By George Munene The expected entry of Tanzanian onions into the Kenyan market is leading to a mass sell-off of stored onions by local growers. This has seen prices fall 12 per cent in the past month. “Kenyan farmers and wholesalers had been hoarding onions creating an artificial shortage in markets. It was a seller’s …
Expected entry of TZ onions into Kenya sees prices dip 12% Read More »
By George Munene Kenya’s coffee production is forecast to dip by 10 per cent to 700,000 bags for the 2022-23 season due to lower yields caused by reduced fertilizer application. Fertilizer prices in Kenya stand at Sh 6,000 per 50 kg bag, a 71 percent increase from the previous year. Acording to the report by …
Kenya’s coffee production to dip 10% due to rise in fertiliser costs Read More »
By George Munene “Brokers tampering with weighing scales has always been an unfortunate part of the farming game in Kenya, however, as the cost of living has risen the degree to which this vice has proliferated in recent years is disconcerting; nowadays you will be hard-pressed to find an honest broker,” begins my conversation with …
Tipping the scales: How greed is killing Kenyan agriculture Read More »
By George Munene According to animal feed retailers the price of feed is scheduled for a price hike as maize prices — the main component in most animal feeds — have increased from Sh 2,800 for a 90kg bag two months ago to Sh 3,300. This rise has been driven by a shortage of maize …
Maize shortage & new taxes predicted to drive up feed cost Read More »
