At least 70 households have been displaced and farms destroyed as heavy rains pound Western and Nyanza regions. Published Date:…
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Two men have been lynched while two others were seriously injured over an alleged attempt to steal cattle in Homa…
Stakeholders have blamed land disputes in Homa Bay on the failure by residents to collect title deeds. Published Date: 2025-03-13…
The protesting riders blocked the crucial Migori-Rongo highway on Monday and Tuesday, bringing all activities to a standstill. Published Date:…
Patients in Homa Bay have expressed concerns over discrimination in implementation of the Social Health Authority SHA. Published Date: 2025-03-11…
Kenya’s tea export earnings plunged 20% in December 2024 while coffee revenues soared, underscoring the divergent paths of two of…
Kenya needs effective trade within the country and across borders for the growing demand for animal feed to be affordable at…
Mumias Sugar has issued Ksh150 million bonus to cane farmers as leaders from the region challenged the government to fast-tract…
The area under cultivation of wheat in Kenya has been falling since 2019 as farmers shift to maize farming, according…
The Sugar Bill signed into law by President William Ruto in November last year was a Trojan horse for the…
The Kenya Veterinary Association (KVA) doubts the government’s ability to conduct an effective nationwide livestock vaccination exercise in January next…
The US Dollar, as measured by the DXY Index, extended losses on Thursday to trade below the 101 mark, amid…
The Capital Markets Tribunal has rejected a bid by Kakuzi PLC (Ticker: KUKZ) and its directors to bar the Capital…
Farmers in various tea zones have accused several factories of unfairly dropping per kilogram prices of the green leaf, prompting…
Majority of small holder farmers are missing out on credit to expand their farms as many are stuck in the…
Kakuzi Plc, a listed agricultural firm, has posted KSh347.5 million net profit for the 6 months to June 2024 –…
The cost of fertiliser is still beyond the reach of many farmers across the country posing the risk of low-quality…
The competition regulator in Kenya has permitted UAE’s B Commodities’s acquisition of 98.56% in Lipton Teas and Infusion, setting the…
The government has withdrawn the controversial Livestock Bill 2024 which sought to create a new authority to register farmers and…
In a country where agriculture accounts for 20% of the GDP, the role of processing industries in socio-economic development remains…
Pula, a Kenyan startup that offers insurance to small-scale farmers, aims to serve more than 100 million farmers in Africa…
MasterCard, through its Agribusiness Challenge Fund, is seeking proposals from Small and Medium-sized Enterprises(SMEs) in the agriculture sector in Kenya…
Prices of onions are expected to remain elevated in the month of April despite an increase in supply harvesting which…
When VunaPay, an agritech startup that provides produce management solutions, was founded last year, its co-founder and CEO – Judy…
Kenya’s government has confirmed plans to use the local co-operatives network to position Kenya as a leading superfood producer and…
Kenya will resume the export of avocado fruits in March this year after the Agricultural Food Authority (AFA) lifted its…
The Climate Investment Funds (CIF), through its Trust Fund Committee, has endorsed a $70 million plan, with an initial allocation…
Kakuzi Plc, a listed agro business firm, saw its half year net profit tumble to KSh 171.1 million at the…
Kenyan onions have shot up in price due to shortages occasioned by a cut in imports from Tanzania. Available data…
The Pakistan Tea Association has declared Tea as an essential import. Pakistan is the biggest market for Kenya’s primary export…
Kenya is set to start direct bulk exports of tea and coffee to Slovakia. According to Katarina Leligdonova, the Slovakian…
Kakuzi Plc, the superfoods grower and exporter, has announced its intention to double its avocado exports to China. This decision…
During the period between June and December last year, tea farmers associated with the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) experienced…
Kenya has imported wheat from Russia, coinciding with the nation’s current struggle with wheat shortages resulting in high prices. A…
Kakuzi Plc, the local producer of superfoods, is set to participate in the FRUIT LOGISTICA trade show in Berlin, Germany,…
The government is set to start importing fertiliser from Tanzania in July in a bid to enhance agricultural output and…
Kenya is set to launch value-added tea exports to Australia in a bid to protect its unique identity and improve…
The value of coffee Kenya exported between January and October rose 49%, boosted by increased shipments, data from the Kenya…
In his first trip to Africa since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Bill Gates has announced the Bill & Melinda Gates…
Kenya has partnered with an Australia-based company, Fortescue Future Industries, to build a fertilizer production facility in the next three…
The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) is in the process of starting to facilitate the trading of wheat on its floor.…
Extreme weather patterns as a result of global climate change may drastically affect coffee production in the country this year.…
Local agribusiness firm, Kakuzi Plc has secured pre-shipment approvals from the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) for its second…
National Treasury has availed KES 3.55 billion to start implementation of the fertilizer subsidy programme that will start with counties…
Kenya’s coffee exports earnings in the 11 months to August 2022 increased by KES 9.8 billion ($81 million), attributed to…
The price of Kenya’s coffee at the Nairobi coffee auction dropped to a three-month low in this week’s sale, reflecting…
The weekly Mombasa Tea Auction held on 22nd, 23rd and 24th August 2022 had 12.3 million kilograms of tea offered for sale.…
Tea exports reduced 28% in the month of May as compared to the same period last year despite increased production…
The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has imported 88,000 metric tons of NPK fertilizer from Russia for KSh9 billion. The…
The coffee auction at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) recorded a 5% increase in prices, the second time in a…
The government has subsidised the price of maize flour by Sh100 for a two-kilogramme packet in a deal with millers…
The price of maize flour has breached the Sh200 mark for a two-kilogramme packet, the highest to ever been witnessed…
Microsoft says it is committing to working with Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture through a platform that will digitize agriculture in…
Ethiopia plans to increase its local wheat output by up to 70% in 2022 as the country cushions itself from…
Cooking oil prices could rise further in the coming days amidst the biting dollar shortage which coupled with limited exports…
Kenya Orchards Plc, a listed firm that manufactures and sells fruit and vegetable bottled and canned products for domestic consumption…
Kenya’s stagnant sugar industry has received another reprieve. This is after the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa(COMESA) regional…