Kenya Prepares for Historic Global Online Coffee Auction
Kenya’s coffee auction volumes plunged sharply even as prices rose, new data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows, setting the stage for a radical overhaul of how the [...]
GMO Crop Rollout Delays is Costing Kenya, Study Warns
Kenyan farmers are losing billions of shillings every year due to delays in adopting genetically modified (GMO) crops that promise higher yields, lower pesticide use, and stronger resilience to pests [...]Kenya’s Tea Output Drops 11% in 2025 as Prices and Key Exports Falter
Kenya’s tea production dropped 11.5% in the first seven months of 2025 to 322.29 million kilograms, down from 364.13 million kilograms a year earlier, according to the Tea Board of [...]
Kenya is Wasting 40% Of Its Harvest Even as Hunger Bites, WRI Warns
At dawn in Makueni, you can smell the paradox before you see it. Mangoes, split and overripe, carpet the red earth beneath their trees. Acres of yellow sweetness fermenting in [...]Agriculture, Water Dominate August KSh 13.8Bn Development Spending
The National Treasury disbursed KSh 13.84 billion in development funds by the end of August 2025, representing 3.4% of the KSh 407.1 billion development budget for the financial year 2025/26. [...]Kenya's Tea Output Slumps 12% as Dry Weather Bites
Kenya’s tea production fell sharply in the first half of 2025, dropping 12.39% to 283.25 million kilograms from 323.30 million kilograms in the same period in 2024, according to the [...]Kenya’s Mid-Year Harvests Have Slowed Hunger, Yet 2.1 Million Kenyans Could Face Crisis by January
1.8 million Kenyans faced acute food insecurity between July and September 2025, and a below-average October–December rain forecast could exacerbate the figure to 2.1 million by January next year, an [...]Aavishkaar Capital's US$250 mn Fund Backs Horizon Group Africa to Scale Operations
Aavishkaar Capital, a company of Aavishkaar Group, has announced its fourth investment in Africa in collaboration with KfW, the German state-owned investment and development bank, into spice processor Horizon Group [...]
Kenya Milk Intake on Track to Cross Record 1 Billion Litres in 2025
Kenya’s formal milk intakes surged to 522.6 million litres in the first half of 2025, up 19% year-on-year from 438.9 million litres in H1 2024, staying on track ross 1 [...]Sugar Production Falls 16% in the First Half of 2025
Kenya’s sugar industry has come under renewed pressure in 2025, with official data showing a 15.8% drop decline in domestic sugar production from 384,356 tonnes in the first six months [...]Limuru Tea PLC H1 Loss Widens to KShs 22.2 M on Rising Costs
Listed agricultural company Limuru Tea PLC has posted a deeper half-year loss for the six months ended June 2025 despite modest revenue growth, as rising labour costs weighed heavily on [...]Kenya’s Coffee, Flower, and Vegetable Exports Plunge in June
Kenya's crucial agricultural export sector is facing a significant slump, with new data revealing a sharp decline in earnings from coffee, flowers, and vegetables in June. The horticulture sector, another [...]
