Agriculture - Sacco Review | The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya

New committee launched to tackle billions in farmers’ cooperative debts

Sacco ReviewOctober 15, 202403 mins

The National Government has kicked off process of offset debts in the farmers cooperatives society by setting up a committee to audit debts worth billions of shillings owed to farmers by cooperatives societies. The committee which is chaired by cooperatives commissioner is set to look into the issue of debts which has been arising in…

West Kenya retirees demand justice for fleeced funds

Sacco ReviewOctober 14, 202405 mins

Retirees of the giant West Kenya sugar company limited are now calling for the ethics and anticorruption commission (EACC) to investigate the fleecing of the Ksh.88Million by the sacco. The retirees allege that their efforts to have the sacco, which serves the miller employees, pay their retirement dues has failed in several occasions, prompting them…

University of Embu empowers miraa farmers with essential legal knowledge

Sacco ReviewOctober 12, 202407 mins

The school of law at the University of Embu has launched major campaigns to equip local Miraa farmers on the legal intricacies involving the farming of the crop classified a pillar to the County’s economy. Under a chain of various legal aid clinics, resource persons drawn from the institutions now vibrant school of law, farmers…

Farmers in Kitui Receive Grants for Agriculture Projects

Sacco ReviewOctober 4, 202405 mins

The Kitui County government through the County Agriculture and Livestock Development Ministry is providing the inclusion grants to the farmers’ savings and credit cooperative societies across Kitui County. The grants are by the National Agricultural and Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP). The county government rolled out the programme in the county recently where the ceremony…

Cost of Fertilizer Remains a Thorny Issue to Farmers, Study Reveals

Sacco ReviewOctober 4, 2024October 4, 202405 mins

The cost of fertilizer remains the biggest challenge to most farmers across the country despite the government’s efforts to introduce subsidized packages, a thing which continues to hinder food production according to a recent study. As per the latest Agriculture Survey by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) whose main objective was to obtain indicative…

Mediation Committee Meets to Consider Contentious Clauses of Sugar Bill

Sacco ReviewOctober 1, 202403 mins

The Mediation Committee on the Sugar Bill (N.A. Bill No. 34 of 2022) has started considering clauses of the Bill that are under mediation. The committee which is chaired by Emmanuel Wangwe (MP Navakholo) first considered sub clause 38 (6), which, if amended, will see the Members agree on the institution that will be in…

Two Suspects Arrested in Connection to Arson Attacks on Sugarcane Plantations.

Sacco ReviewSeptember 30, 202405 mins

Police in Kisumu County have arrested two suspects in connection with the series of arson attacks that have destroyed vast sugarcane plantations in the region. The suspects are helping security agencies with further investigations to identify other perpetrators involved in the criminal acts before they are charged in court. Cane farmers in Muhoroni, Chemelil and Kibos…

All KTDA factories set to be audited, PS Rono says

Sacco ReviewSeptember 27, 2024September 27, 202405 mins

Principal Secretary (PS) for Agriculture, Dr. Paul Rono, has called for an urgent financial audit of all Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) small-scale tea factories to stem runaway corruption. Speaking while addressing tea farmers at Toror Tea Factory, he said the audits have been necessitated by the standoff between farmers and their boards of management…

Farmers still using harmful chemicals to produce food, consumer lobby says

Sacco ReviewSeptember 12, 2024September 12, 202403 mins

Consumer Grassroots Association (CGA) has regretted that some farmers are still using harmful chemicals to produce food and remain ignorant of modern practices. Speaking during a workshop in Karen attended by journalists, food experts, agriculture officers, farmers, and civil societies concerned with food systems, CGA director Alice Kemunto said that most farmers lack the knowhow…

Relief for consumers as increased sugar production lowers retail prices

Sacco ReviewSeptember 2, 202404 mins

Kenya recorded increased domestic sugar output in the first quarter of 2024 to up to 485,802 tonnes by August leading to a drop in retail prices, the Agriculture and Food Authority has observed. According to a report by the food agency, there was a constant drop in production witnessed in April and May this year…