Makena Gucci is the lucky winner of our Sh10,000 farmer prize draw. The mixed farmer from Meru County was among the 171 participants in our quantitative research on the pest burden on Kenyan farmers and their access to pesticides. “With the winnings, I purchased 70 kilogram bags of Fugo dairy meal and growers mash, as […]
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Farmers and traders dealing in perishable farm produce in Kenya can now save up to 20 per cent on cold-room purchase and Sh20, 0000 monthly electricity bills using locally fabricated solar-powered cold-rooms thanks to two graduates who have unveiled both mobile and fixed cold rooms fit for all farmers. Peter Mutua and Peter Muhoho mechanical
A man pulling a cart full of goods towards Busia border point. Photo courtesy. Small-scale farmers at Busia, Kenya- Uganda border have teamed up with smalls scale traders to share the cost of transporting their produce to various towns in the interior parts of the countries using hired trucks. The move has seen individual farmers
Photo courtesy. Taimba Limited, a mobile-based cashless platform based in Nairobi is connecting small-holder farmers in rural Kenya directly to big buyers such as informal green grocers, schools, hospitals and restaurants within the city hence relieving the producers the burden of hustling for markets. The business to business agri-tech startup which sources various fresh produce
FreshBox enterprise cool storage fcility. The enterprise is on a mission to about 53 per cent of food which is wasted in East Africa. Photo courtesy. A Nairobi based social enterprise, FreshBox , has developed a solar-powered, walk-in refrigeration facility that can hold over 2,100kg of fruits and vegetables to improve the produce shelf life
Kenya’s horticulture earnings increased by 33 per cent from Sh78.2bn to Sh104bn during the first eight months of 2018 compared to a similar period last year. The earnings have been buoyed by the rise in export of flowers from Sh55.6bn as from January to August 2017 to Sh76.9bn as from January to August 2018 according
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KEPHIS Headquarters, Nairobi – National Plant Protection Organizations from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda, experts of fruits and vegetables international standards, horticulture exporters and representatives from private firms are at KEPHIS Headquarters to discuss market standards, export and import requirements, food safety, traceability and emerging issues under the Fresh Fruits and Vegetables(FFV)schemes. The workshop, under
Kenya’s horticulture earnings earned the country Sh56.23bn in the first four months of 2018 up from Sh40.57bn in a similar period last year according to the latest data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. In this, flower exports recorded a 40.41 per cent increase in sales to Sh42.59n up from Sh30.33n in 2017 while
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Export of horticulture crops such as flowers, fruits and vegetables among others has earned Kenya Sh305bn in 2017 as compared to Sh216bn in the previous year translating to Sh89bn increase as spurred by compliance with the export market requirements by majority of exporters especially to the European Union (EU). In overal, the sales of horticultural
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Carrefour shopping mall has launched the “Buy Kenya, Build Kenya” campaign that promotes purchase of local produce from Kenyan farmers in a bid to improve the Kenyan economy by helping smallholder farmers sell their produce. According to the retailer’s statistics, almost all the fresh produce sold at Carrefour stores is sourced locally with two-thirds being