Tag: Kenya
Kenya: Livestock farmers diversify agribusiness following drought
Some livestock farmers from Tana River County are slowly embracing irrigation farming following years of perennial drought and livestock diseases associated with climate change.
Speaking to...
FAO brace up against desert locust in East Africa
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said Monday its anti-desert locust operation will continue in all affected countries...
Kenya implement import duty on tea to promote local processing
Kenya is planning to introduce 100 percent import duty on finished tea products in order to promote local processing of domestic tea,...
UN releases fund to fight desert locust spread in Kenya
The United Nations has appropriated 1.5 million U.S. dollars from its Central Emergency Response Fund to fight the possible spread of a...
Kenya to purchase 90,000 metric tonnes of sugar from Uganda
The Kenya government also agreed to send a bilateral sugar verification mission to Uganda before the end of January 2021
Kenya: Desert locusts to invade 20 counties- PS
According to the Agriculture PS, Hamadi Boga young and ferocious desert locust swarms are expected to swamp the Coast region by the...
Kenya: Tea Bill scales second reading
The National Assembly Tuesday night passed the much-awaited Tea Bill which will see the revival of the Tea Board of Kenya and...
KALRO trains extension staff for KCSAP implementation
Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) has embarked on training of trainers (TOTs) for county extension staff and service providers...
Kenya: Embarks On Research To Mitigate Threat On Food Security
Kenya has in the recent past been facing a myriad of food security challenges from Tuta absoluta which attacks tomatoes, Maize...
Kenya: Over 300,000 avocado out growers worried as Kakuzi loses key...
Smallholder avocado farmers in Mt Kenya are staring at uncertain times after UK superstore, Tesco, cut off links with Kakuzi Limited,...
