Farming

• Farmers compete with monkeys for food

  
  3 days ago
  Farmers in Uganda’s Mbarara district hunt and kill monkeys as they are viewed as pests who starve their families as they still food from the farms.

• We won’t plant other crops, say maize farmers

  
  4 days ago
  Local leaders accuse those proposing diversification of rooting for cartels.

• Government hints on plans for contract farming

  
  4 days ago
  The state is set to embrace contract farming for a variety of cereals from next year as it seeks to contribute towards the Presidents’ Big Four Agenda

• Ruto’s new order on maize millions

  
  1 week ago
  Farmers want NCBP to be clear on quantity of the maize they will be buying and the price they will buy with

• Local cashew nut farmers to learn from their Tanzanian counterparts

  
  1 week ago
  Kenyan cashew nut farmers could soon benefit from benchmarking initiatives with their Tanzanian counterparts.

• More than 200 livestock die mysterious

  
  1 week ago
  Hundreds of livestock and wildlife have died following heavy rains in Taita Taveta County.

• Setbacks pull back the miraa business

  
  2 weeks ago
  Even after miraa was recognised as a cash crop by the government in 2016 with a Sh1 billion budgetary allocation, local setbacks have recently hit the

• Local setbacks pull back miraa trade

  
  2 weeks ago
  A series of setbacks locally have recently hit the Miraa sub sector even after Miraa was recognized as a cash crop by the government in 2016.

• Free potato seed plan backfires

  
  2 weeks ago
  Out of 360 bags distributed, only 94 were harvested

• Uhuru takes charge of coffee sector reforms committee

  
  3 weeks ago
  President Uhuru Kenyatta has taken charge of the coffee sector after putting a key team under his office.

• Greenpeace asks Kenya to embrace ecological agriculture

  
  4 weeks ago
  As the world marks world food day, Kenyan consumers and small scale farmers petition Kenyan parliament support sustainable ecological farming

• Kenya to host fertiliser conference

  
  1 month ago
  Kenya will hold an international fertiliser conference from October 16 to 17 in Nairobi.

• Shrinking land forces farmers to be smarter

  
  1 month ago
  Even with threat from real estate, experts note that urban dwellers can still generate food and wealth from their tiny pieces of land.

• Solar milk coolers heat up earnings for farmers

  
  1 month ago
  Solar milk-cooling plants are cheap to maintain and are not affected by the blackouts that continue to hit the country.

• World Bank boosts farmers training

  
  1 month ago
  The World Bank has offered Sh60 million to train farmers in 20 wards on how to increase production.

• Governor Kiraitu defends himself from claims of using miraa funds

  
  1 month ago
  The Sh1 billion allocated to miraa farmers will not be used to introduce alternative crops, Governor Kiraitu Murungi has said.

• Bungoma reaps benefits of formal milk marketing

  
  1 month ago
  Marketing of raw milk through formal channels has led to increased incomes for smallholder farmers in Bungoma count.

• Taking care of your chicks the first 7 days

  
  1 month ago
  The most critical period in the life of a bird is the first seven days.

• Sh14b new plan to put fish at centre of dining tables

  
  1 month ago
  National demand for fish stands at 500,000 tonnes a year while local production is only 140,000 tonnes

• State to build Sh100m dairy embryo plant

  
  1 month ago
  The government will set up a Sh100 million dairy embyo-transplant facility, Agriculture and Irrigation Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri has said.