Italian Representative, presenting Cassava Manual Textbooks to Mali Shambai community Based Organisation ( CBO ) Coordinator Mr. Philip Ndurya

Kilifi to employ 80 Irrigation Extension Service Officers to enhance service delivery to Farmers

Kilifi county government will soon employ 80 Irrigation Extension Service Officers to boost food crop production in the region, Sacco review has reliably established. The Ministry of Agriculture needs huge budget to enable  it to fight food insecurity in the region. The budget allocation for 2023 was Ksh 130 million which was not enough to…

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Kitui County Executive Committee Member incharge of Agriculture Stephen Mbaya Kimwele (second left) presenting cheques to the farmers saccos members during the function. Photographs by Boniface Mulu.

Farmers in Kitui Receive Grants for Agriculture Projects

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…

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Farmers buy subsidised fertiliser at the National Cereals and Produce Board depot in Elburgon, Nakuru County on August 24, 2023.

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

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…

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Kisumu County Commissioner Benson Leparmorijo

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

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…

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Agriculture Principal Secretary (PS) Dr. Paul Ronoh.

All KTDA factories set to be audited, PS Rono says

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…

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Consumer Grassroots Association Director Alice Nyaberi during a workshop on Food Safety .Photo Obegi Malack.

Farmers still use harmful chemicals, consumer body says

Consumer Grassroots Association (CGA) has pointed out that some farmers are still using harmful chemicals to produce food. Speaking during a workshop in Karen attended by food stakeholders who included journalists, food experts, agriculture officers, farmers, civil societies on food systems in the country; CGA director Alice Kemunto said that safety of food is a…

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Consumer Grassroots Association Director Alice Nyaberi during the workshop. Photo Obegi Malack.

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

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…

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Agriculture PS Kiprono Rono

Agriculture Ministry seeks to hire 2,000 youth in agribusiness space

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development has announced that seeks to hire 2,000 youth in the agribusiness space through the Enable Youth Kenya programme. In a memo seen by Sacco Review dated August 15, 2024, signed by the Principal Secretary (PS) for Agriculture Dr Kiprono Rono and addressed to the clerk of the National…

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Nyeri County government officials with ASK team in Nyeri. Photo Courtesy.

Nyeri ready to host ASK show, branch manager affirms

The Agricultural Society of Kenya (ASK) Nyeri County Branch Manager Amos Kirui has affirmed that the county is keen to successfully host the upcoming 56th Central Kenya ASK Show. Speaking yesterday during the inspection of Kabiruini Showgrounds where the event will be held, Kirui revealed that all preparations were done and expressed optimism that that…

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Homabay County Governor Gladys Wanga demonstrates on correct spacing of cotton on the farm. Photo Enock Okong'o

Governor Wanga provides KSh27 million seeds to over 35,000 farmers in Homa Bay

Homa Bay County Governor Gladys Wanga has launched cotton planting initiative called Pamba Mwandu, Cotton is Wealth in the area. She said that Homa Bay has enough water and supportive soil for cotton capable of producing more than 10.4 million tonnes cotton per year enough for home consumption and for sale. “Our black soil and…

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