The cabinet has approved the importation of zero-rated animal feed-making products into Kenya in an effort to reduce the cost of feeds for farmers. The measure which was approved during President William Ruto’s cabinet sitting on Tuesday in Sagana, Nyeri, will see products used by feed makers such as yellow maize, soya bean, and oil …
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By George Munene Microsoft has developed the Kenya National Agriculture Platform to help farmers access extension and advisory services. The service will give farmers information from the agriculture ministry, government institutions, and the private agriculture sector. Through an agriculture chatbot (#AgriChatBot), farmers will be able to freely access information on pest diagnosis, market prices, soil …
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By George Munene The average coffee price for a 60-kilogram bag of coffee has grown by 83 per cent from Sh 21,395 in 2019 to Sh39,093 in 2021. “This clearly shows that the coffee boom is coming back, with the new reforms within the sub-sector we are promising better prices that will be sustained and …
Dairy farmers who make their own animal feeds in their farms can reduce the production costs of one liter of milk from Sh21 to Sh14, a reduction of 33 per cent. According to Kenya’s ministry of agriculture, the cost of milk production in Kenya is double the neighboring country of Uganda at the farm level. …
The Kenyan ministry of agriculture has launched an SMS (short message service) platform to enable farmers countrywide to receive Fall Armyworm alerts directly on their mobile phones without necessarily seeking the information from government offices. The platform was developed by Precision Agriculture for Development in collaboration with Safaricom, Kenya’s telecommunication company, and allows farmers to …
The Kenyan ministry of agriculture has projected a 44 per cent increase in production from 32m bags recorded in 2017 to 46m bags this year driven by sufficient rains and reduced impact of the Fall Armyworm. The ministry says the move will improve food security in a country where 3.4m Kenyans are staring at starvation …
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The ministry of agriculture will provide milk coolers to farmer cooperative societies all over the country in a bid to cushion farmers against losses as the latest statistics from the Kenya Dairy Board indicate that milk production has increased by 26 per cent over the past three months. The ministry has already distributed 70 coolers …
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