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Munya Threatens to Disband Farmers’ Management Committees Opposed to Coffee Cherry Fund

January 16, 2021 0 Comments

Agriculture CS Peter Munya has threatened to disband coffee management committees for refusing to accredit their members for the Cherry Advance Revolving Fund, in which the government provided...

Livestock, News

Pastoralist Communities urged to Shift to Modern Farming

January 15, 2021 0 Comments

Devolution Chief Administrative Secretary Mr. Abdul Bahari has advised the pastoralist communities to embrace modern farming system; which is more profitable than traditional one. Mr. Bahari said the traditional system involved keeping...

Crops, Farming, News

Farmers Supportive of Anticipated Coffee Reforms

January 15, 2021 0 Comments

Farmers in Kirinyaga have welcomed the move by the government to introduce reforms in the coffee sector Gichugu member of parliament Githinji Gichimu, speaking to a group of coffee farmers at Riakithiga in...

Crops, Farming, MarketPlace, News

Legislator Urges Farmers to Take Advantage of Avocado International Markets

January 14, 2021 0 Comments

Machakos Women Representative Joyce Kamene Kasimbi has urged farmers to take advantage of the high demand of Hass avocados in the international market. Speaking in Mutituni area in the outskirts of Machakos town when...

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Farmers Pleased With Current Sony Sugar Mill Status

January 12, 2021 0 Comments

Sugarcane farmers in Migori County are elated by the current state of Sony Sugar Company that they say has assured them of good incomes in the near future. Following...

Food Security, News, Popular

Desert locusts, A Continued Threat To Food Security

January 11, 2021 0 Comments

The Desert Locust is considered the most destructive migratory pest in the world and a single swarm covering one square kilometre can contain up to 80...

Farming, News

Your Property is Safe, Farmers Assured

January 10, 2021 0 Comments

Coffee farmers affiliated to Rumukia Farmers' Cooperative Society in Mukurweini Sub County, Nyeri County, got a reprieve after Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya assured them that their property would not be auctioned...

Crops, Farming, News

Kakamega County Jumpstarts Sugarcane Farming Revival Efforts

January 6, 2021 0 Comments

The Kakamega county government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Commodities Fund (Kenya) for a loan of Sh.300 million to fund cane development. The Fund's...

Crops, Farming, News

Court Paves Way for Implementation of Potato Packaging Rules

January 4, 2021 2 Comments

Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui has said the devolved unit has started implementing the Irish Potato Regulations 2019 that compels traders to package the crop in 50-kilogram bags. Those...

Crops, Farming, News

Coffee Farmers Pledge To Support Enactment Of Coffee Bill

December 20, 2020 0 Comments

Coffee farmers should be at liberty to sell their crop at a market of their choice in order to reap maximum profit without incurring...

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