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Governor Mutula Kilonzo urges public to explore Makueni’s regenerative farming practices

Sacco ReviewDecember 6, 202403 mins

Makueni County Governor Mutula Kilonzo has urged the public to explore the county and learn farm practices. He noted that farmers are now benefitting with regenerative agriculture and conservation based agricultural practices which are aimed at transforming livelihoods in the county courtesy of USAID. The governor was speaking during the tour of water projects developed…

Government allocates Ksh.546 million to revitalize Kenya’s sugar sector

Sacco ReviewDecember 6, 202406 mins

The Government has set aside Ksh. 546M for the purposes of injecting a new lease of life into the sugar sector. Agriculture principal secretary Joseph Rono said the funds are part of the appropriated budget in the Financial Year 2024/2025 for Support to Sugar Reforms. Rono said the funds are to be disbursed to a…

Kenya Sugar Board unveils new guidelines to boost sugar industry production and efficiency

Sacco ReviewDecember 5, 202404 mins

The Kenya Sugar Board has launched guidelines which will be used by farmers and other industry players moving forward. The document known as Kenya Sugar Industry Growers Guide enumerates how farmers will go about their activities in order to ramp up production. It comes barley a month after President William Ruto assented the Sugar Bill…

Government seeks to boost local coffee consumption amid declining production

Sacco ReviewDecember 4, 202403 mins

The Kenyan government is making bold moves to increase local coffee consumption to boost revenues, even as the country grapples with a drop in production. During the launch of its strategic plan yesterday, the New Kenya Planters Cooperative Union (KPCU) revealed that domestic coffee consumption remains worryingly low at just 19 percent. To address this,…

Nyeri governor launches Youth in Agriculture Programme

Sacco ReviewDecember 3, 202405 mins

The Council of Governors (CoG) Vice Chair and Nyeri Governor, H.E. Mutahi Kahiga, has launched the Tupande Youth in Agriculture Program in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and CoG. The initiative, unveiled at White Rhino Hotel in Nyeri, aims to inspire youth to pursue agriculture-based careers, enhancing agricultural productivity in Kenya. The program, implemented under…

Tea directors tell Agriculture PS to keep off tea factories

Sacco ReviewDecember 3, 202403 mins

Tea directors from Meru and Tharaka Nithi counties have told the Agriculture Principal Secretary Paul Rono to keep off and stop meddling with tea factories issues because the government has no powers to interfere with private entities. The directors challenged the authority of Agriculture PS following his recent directives regarding the troubled Miciimikuru Factory. During an…

Kenya Seed Company admits there is a shortage of maize seeds in the country

Sacco ReviewDecember 3, 202404 mins

Kenya Seed Company has admitted that indeed there was a shortage of maize seed in the country. The company director Sammy Chepsiror informed the National Assembly Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, which is probing the causes of shortage and increase in maize seeds prices that the shortage was as a result of general increase in…

Kenya’s Jude Chesire Elected Vice Chairman of International Sugar Organization

Sacco ReviewDecember 2, 202404 mins

The acting chief executive officer of the Kenya Sugar Board Mr. Jude Chesire has been elected the vice chairman of the International Sugar Organization (ISO). The elections took place during a council meeting held at November 29, 2024, at I Canada Square in Canary Wharf London. Mr Edgar Herrera the executive director of LAICA of…

Meru residents urged to embrace goat farming for economic prosperity and stability

Sacco ReviewDecember 2, 202407 mins

Meru residents have been urged to fully embrace goat farming for economic prosperity and stability. A politician cum philanthropist Mr. Earnest Kimaita Mkulima said goat farming is very profitable and rewarding to those who embrace it. Speaking at Kaguma market in Mwangathia ward in Central Imenti constituency, Meru county, Mkulima said goat milk is currently…

KOPIA boosts potato farming in Meru with training and modern village projects

Sacco ReviewNovember 28, 202405 mins

Potato farmers in Meru are set to benefit from Korea through the Korea Partnership for Innovation of Agriculture (KOPIA). Dr Ji Gang Kim, director of Korea Partnership for Innovation of Agriculture (KOPIA), said they are carrying out modern village projects in Meru County. “We are holding training on cultivation and post-harvest management within Meru County….