tea farmers Stories
Farmers have voiced strong concerns about price disparities between the East and West Tea Blocks, questionable expenditures, excessive sitting allowan...
The legislators said more than 700,000 farmers have been short-changed despite their hard work in producing world-class tea.
Across villages in Taveta and beyond, sunflower growers who once struggled to find reliable markets or suffered heavy post-harvest losses now see a br...
The embargo, which has persisted since March, has left tea farmers, traders and exporters grappling with unfulfilled contracts and threatened liveliho...
In a letter dated October 3, 2025, addressed to Labour Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua, Cotu Secretary-General Francis Atwoli said the union would not...
This is despite pushback from millers who argue that the levy will increase their financial burden.
In the East of the Rift, Kiambu fetched Sh371 per kilo, down by 46 shillings; Murang’a earned Sh376, a drop of 42; Nyeri earned Sh388, down by 42; Kir...
The High Court in Mombasa ruled that AFA must not award the 250,000-tonne rice quota to any private party outside the lawful tender process.
Those carrying out the attacks were mostly criminal groups, although incidents involving state security forces were also recorded.
Speaking during the opening of the 2025 A.S.K. Central Kenya National Show at Kabiruini Showgrounds in Nyeri, Kagwe attributed the bumper harvest to t...
Many of the county’s more than 5,200 coffee growers abandoned their plantations between 2017 and 2018 after years of poor earnings, pest attacks, and...
The report emphasises that Africa has the tools to transform its food systems, from climate-smart farming and digital finance to stronger governance a...
Government pricing through the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) was lowered to Sh3,500 per bag, down from Sh4,000 the year before.
The CS added that the policy will not only improve the market appeal of Kenyan tea but also channel greater profits back to producers and the business...
89 per cent of smallholder farmers reported lower crop yields since fighting began, while more than half said insecurity had prevented them from harve...
Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that overall exports stood at Sh554.08 billion, down from Sh571.6 billion in the same p...
Investments, Trade and Industry Cabinet Secretary Lee Kinyanjui said Kenya faces a gap of nearly 400,000 metric tonnes of sugar, a deficit that has le...
The 1,500-acre Bulla Adey Irrigation Scheme in Kora Kora will draw water from the River Tana to support farmers shifting from livestock to crop farmin...
The authority noted that the licensing procedure is open and transparent, dismissing concerns that one company or a group of companies could be handed...
MSS spokesman Jack Ombaka said that specialized units, working with the Haitian National Police (PNH), carried out a night raid and seized the Télcos...
Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o said the layoffs affecting over 5,000 sugar workers contradict the purpose of leasing the mills, which was to revive the sect...
The orders come days after Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe warned of the consequences if the government failed to secure rice imports.
Despite this, many smallholder women farmers are still seen as farmers’ wives, rather than farmers in their own right, and don’t get the support they...
Kagwe told the court that the country’s annual rice demand stands at about 1.3 million metric tonnes (MT), while domestic production accounts for only...
Justice Edward Muriithi halted the July 28, 2025 gazette notice approving a tax waiver on rice imports until December 31, 2025, after certifying the f...
There are now over 200 GPAS located throughout Haiti, which cultivate high-quality seeds to distribute to other farmers with the goal of increasing fa...
Each is now expected to train at least 50 farmers in their area, enabling them to adopt better aquaculture practices and earn more from the trade.
Kagwe stressed that effective food safety in the region cannot be achieved without a unified regulatory framework.
The study showed that the potato originated from an ancient hybridization event between the tomato plant and a potato-like plant about 9 million years...
Farmers from various irrigation schemes in Loima, Turkana West, Turkana South and East sub-counties, as well as from Kakuma, Kalobeyei, Letea and Lopu...
