Conventional farming practices, including reliance on rain-fed agriculture, the use of low-yielding local seed varieties, sub-optimal input applicatio...
The AfDB says job creation has become central to its long-term development strategy, with a growing focus on linking young people to agricultural valu...
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki says ongoing reforms in the sugar sector aim to boost efficiency, increase production, and position factories as key...
Agriculture CS Mutahi Kagwe pushes bold reforms to end raw agricultural exports, urging local processing to boost jobs, farmer earnings, and industria...
Beyond its domestic impact, the project is expected to position Ethiopia as a regional fertiliser hub, with supply potential extending across East Afr...
The Committee’s scrutiny comes amid broader parliamentary efforts to tighten oversight of public expenditure and address audit queries across governme...
Conflict in and around Iran is disrupting fertiliser ingredient supplies via the Strait of Hormuz, raising prices. With sub-Saharan Africa importing m...
Africa’s agriculture sector logged the highest share of investor exits in Q1 2026, while deal volume fell to 172 transactions. Values rose to $16.1bn,...
Authorities seized 250 bags of suspected counterfeit fertiliser in Kakamega County during a multi-agency crackdown led by AFA, DCI, KEBS and the Gover...
Kenya company heads expect a resilient economy and higher revenues over the next year, citing good weather, stable macro conditions and technology, bu...
Kenya’s Agriculture and Food Authority is cracking down on unlicensed macadamia traders in 14 counties, making arrests and seizing equipment to protec...
The Bill, sponsored by the Budget and Appropriations Committees, was forwarded to the President for assent after the National Assembly passed it with...
The African Development Bank projects Kenya’s economy will grow 5.4% in 2026, driven by private investment and infrastructure, while warning of debt,...
The projects span multiple sectors, including agriculture, manufacturing, ICT, healthcare, energy, business process outsourcing, and real estate, refl...
At the centre of the dispute is a strategic parcel historically associated with Miwani Sugar Company. Crossly Limited asserts ownership based on a 200...
Urea saw the sharpest rise at 5.9 per cent, while other fertilisers such as DAP increased by 11.8 per cent year on year.
The current frameworks and institutions for global decarbonisation were built for a different era. Net-zero plans and mitigation targets obscure the w...
The prices take effect immediately, making the staple crop more affordable ahead of the long rains planting season.
The fertiliser subsidy programme alone faces a shortfall of Sh24.25 billion, with only Sh9.5 billion set aside against a requirement of Sh33.75 billio...
Kenya’s Parliamentary Budget Office wants counties to ring-fence Sh130 billion of the 2026/27 budget for roads, water and agriculture, warning that wa...
Kenya’s poverty rate has fallen to 39.8 per cent from a Covid-19 peak of 42.9 per cent, Treasury CS John Mbadi told the Senate, while urging continued...
Agriculture CS Mutahi Kagwe emphasised that small, fragmented plots make it difficult to implement modern, mechanized, and climate-smart farming pract...
Authorities have assured farmers that the fertiliser will be distributed efficiently, reaching key agricultural regions before the rains set in.
So far, at least 2.6 million bags have been distributed for planting ahead of the long rain season, and Kagwe assured farmers that they would have eno...
Amudavi emphasised that Kenya is one of the top six African countries, out of the ten, that have expanded their land acreage dedicated to organic agri...
The findings come against the backdrop of concerns over the ability of current agricultural production to meet current and future food demand as the p...
The CS said tea hawkers and unscrupulous traders bring in substandard tea, which affects the overall quality of the final product at auction.
The government had set new prices after negotiations, with Grade 1 miraa expected to sell at Sh1,300 per kilogram, Grade 2 at Sh700 and Allele at Sh1,...
New measures include mandatory inspections at customs points and strict enforcement against poor-quality nuts being reintroduced into the market.
Kwanza MP Ferdinand Wanyonyi questioned the distribution of maize driers, urging the ministry to prioritise high maize-producing regions.
