Tag: Kenya
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,...
Kenya: Mwingi women encouraged to take up beekeeping
The women in the North of Mwingi, especially in Ngomeni ward, have been encouraged and motivated to take up beekeeping due...
Kenya: President Uhuru issues 9 directives To Ensure Food Security
President Uhuru Kenyatta issued nine (9) directives on Tuesday to ensure food security in Kenya. The directives span across major value chain...
Kenya: New standards on Tea industry takes effects from September
The new tea industry regulations will be implemented at the end of the month, the government said yesterday.
This is after the government...
World Bank lends Kenya Sh4.5bn for fighting locusts
The World Bank on Thursday approved a Sh4.5 billion loan to Kenya to help in combating locust swarms that are destroying crops...
East Africa: African Development Bank approves $1.5 million emergency grant to...
The African Development Bank approves $1.5 million emergency grant to curb desert locusts ravaging East and Horn of Africa
FAO: Desert locust situation “extremely alarming” in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia
Widespread desert locust infestations and a new generation of breeding has continued threatening food security and livelihoods in the region as the...
Call for Nominations: The Africa Food Prize 2020
Nominations are Open for the 2020 Africa Food Prize. The 100,000 USD celebrates Africans who are taking over the continents agricultural agenda.
