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Farmers seek Miraa legal recognition, removal from drugs list

Sacco ReviewJanuary 12, 202602 mins

The Nyambene Miraa Farmers and Traders Association (Nyamita) is pushing for the removal of miraa from the Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances Act 1994. Appearing before Parliament recently, the association urged legislators to prioritise removing the stimulant crop from the list of drugs, as scheduled by the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug…

Gov’t unveils sweeping tea sector reforms to boost farmers’ earnings, global competitiveness

Sacco ReviewJanuary 6, 202605 mins

The government has unveiled far-reaching reforms aimed at transforming Kenya’s tea sector, raising smallholder farmers’ incomes and strengthening the country’s competitiveness in the global tea market. Under the new reform programme, smallholder tea farmers could earn up to Ksh100 per kilogramme of green leaf by 2027, nearly double the current average returns. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary…

Speaker Wetang’ula pledges to champion coffee farming revival in Bungoma

Sacco ReviewDecember 26, 202503 mins

The Coffee Revival Movement has recently gained fresh momentum in Western Kenya after National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula committed to supporting the KahawaNiDollar campaign. Addressing residents in Bungoma County, Wetang’ula pledged to spearhead efforts to restore coffee farming as a central economic pillar, urging communities to re-embrace the crop and revive its former glory. He…

Farmers shift to family and digital lenders as bank, SACCO credit drops despite CBK easing

Sacco ReviewDecember 19, 202504 mins

Kenyan farmers are increasingly ditching banks and SACCOs in favour of borrowing from family, friends and digital lending platforms, even as conventional borrowing costs fall. The latest Agriculture Sector Survey by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows a clear pivot toward informal and tech‑enabled credit, underscoring changing preferences and risk dynamics in agricultural financing….

Bomet tea factory directors assure farmers of better KTDA bonuses next year

Sacco ReviewDecember 9, 202505 mins

The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) tea directors from the Mogogosiek group of companies in Konoin Sub-county, Bomet County, have reassured farmers that next year’s bonus will significantly improve, following a series of reforms and an extensive audit conducted across factories in the region. Speaking during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) at Mogogosiek Tea Factory,…

Meru farmers get major boost after receiving 600 bags of fertiliser

Sacco ReviewDecember 6, 202505 mins

Farmers in Kibuline in Tigania West constituency, Meru County have received a major boost after the government issued 600 bags of Mavuno top-dressing fertiliser to improve agriculture in the area. The consignment, which was received by Tigania West MP John Mutunga, at Kibuline Aggregation Centre, marks the second major fertiliser allocation to the centre this…

Varsity rolls out programme to train farmers on latest farming technologies, value addition

Sacco ReviewDecember 2, 202505 mins

Zetech University has rolled out a programme to educate farmers on better farming practices, value addition and marketing strategies to bolster their production which will eventually increase their profits. Speaking during the farmers symposium held in the institution, Vice Chancellor Prof Njenga Munene said that the latest farming technologies, modernization and embracing value addition are…

Coffee cooperatives reject Government’s direct pay to farmers

Sacco ReviewNovember 29, 202504 mins

The National Coffee Cooperative Union (NACCU) has rejected a government directive seeking to implement a direct-to-farmer payment model under the Direct Settlement System (DSS), arguing that the policy threatens to dismantle long-standing cooperative structures that manage coffee earnings at pulping-station level. NACCU Chairman Felix Mureithi Mwai said the directive issued on November 2024 by Cabinet…

Kagwe urges lenders, donors to reduce lending rates to 3% for farmers to benefit

Sacco ReviewNovember 28, 202504 mins

The Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mutahi Kagwe has issued a bold call to lenders and development partners to radically reform agricultural financing models, saying farmers will never achieve meaningful growth unless credit becomes affordable and donor funding is restructured to deliver direct impact at the farm level. Speaking during the Intergovernmental Agriculture…

Over 7 million farmers to benefit as Gov’t acquires digital agriculture system

Sacco ReviewNovember 28, 202504 mins

Over 7 million farmers are set to benefit from a pivotal digital transformation in the agriculture sector after the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and development partners handed over the Kenya Integrated Agriculture Management Information System (KIAMIS) to the Ministry of Agriculture. The handover witnessed during the ongoing Intergovernmental Forum on Agriculture in Naivasha was…