Kenya's Flower Industry Suffers Lack of Freight
Kenya's flower industry is now facing another setback amid the coronavirus outbreak; lack of freight, even as demand begins to grow steadily ahead of Mothers' Day. The Kenya Flower Council [...]
Kenya Imposes a 10% Import Levy on Dairy Products
Kenya has imposed a 10% import levy on dairy products, a move that seeks to cushion the local dairy farmers from unfair competition brought about by unregulated imports. Earlier this [...]Japan Gives $7.5 Million to Fight East Africa's Locusts Invasion
The government of Japan has contributed a $7.5 million package to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), towards fighting the locusts outbreak in East Africa. The whole package will [...]Tea Prices Slightly Rise at Weekly Auction
The weekly Mombasa Tea Auction held on the 31st March and 1st April 2020 recorded 12.5 million kilograms of tea offered for sale, compared to 10.8 million kilograms for the [...]Horticulture Sector Loses KSh8 Billion to COVID-19
The horticulture sector in Kenya reports it has incurred a net loss of KSh8 billion ($75.4 million) in the past month, as a result of the adverse effects of COVID-19. [...]Tea Prices Fall at the Weekly Tea Auction
The weekly Mombasa Tea Auction held on the 25th and 26th March 2020 recorded 12.5 million kilograms of tea offered for sale. There was a decline in the offered kilograms [...]Regional Tea Trade Association Postpones Auctions
The East African Tea Trade Association (EATTA) has postponed its auctions until further notice, in a bid to curb spread of the COVID-19 virus. Therefore, primary and secondary auctions slated [...]Kenya's Flower Industry Succumbs to COVID-19
Kenya's flower industry is turning out to be the hardest hit sector by the COVID-19 pandemic, seeing that most farms are beginning to send home their employees as a result [...]Hass Avocados Get Early Approval for Export
Kenya's hass avocados have received a green light for early exports from the Directorate of Horticulture, after confirming maturity of the produce. The government suspended exportation of the hass avocados [...]Traders Push for Camel Milk Inclusion in the Dairy Act
Farmers and traders of camel milk are pushing for the product to be included in the Dairy Industry Act, citing an under-tapped gem that is still unregulated. As of 2014, [...]Tea Prices Fall at Auction amid Increased Supply
Increase in supply has caused tea prices at the weekly Mombasa auction to fall to a long time low, with one kilogram going at an average KSh202, down from KSh206 [...]State Begins Promoting BT Cotton Farming
The government, through the ministry of Agriculture, has established 100 demonstration farms for cotton farming, in a bid to begin the commercialization of BT cotton. According to Peter Munya, Agriculture [...]
