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 [...]Kenya’s sugar industry snoozes as era of cheaper imports loom
A powerful lobby group representing Kenyan farmers has questioned the Government’s plan to privatize its stake in the sugar industry without involving the cane farmers. A section of farmers from [...]
Galana Kulalu Project to be Revived
Israeli Ambassador, Oded Joseph, has revealed that plans are underway to revive the stalled Galana-Kulalu irrigation project, in a move that seeks to bring President Uhuru Kenyatta's Big Four Agenda [...]Kenya Dairy Board's Revised Laws
The Kenya Dairy Board (KDB) has announced plans to launch the revised draft of dairy regulations on 9th March 2020. The board initially introduced the law to the public in [...]Government Devises Methods to Revive Coffee Sector
The government has devised new ways to revive the ailing coffee sector, among them the establishment of a coffee research institution. This comes as a wake-up call, seeing that statistics [...]Kenyan AgriTech Startups Secure KSh85.6 Million in Funding
Three Kenyan agri-tech startups, Juhudi Kilimo, WeFarm, and Illuminum Greenhouses, have received a total of KSh85.6 million ($856,000) in funding. The startups received the funding from UK’s innovation agency, Innovate [...]Mombasa Tea Auction Digitization Underway
TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) has partnered with the East African Tea Trade Association (EATTA) to digitize the weekly Mombasa tea auction. The partnership seeks to automate the trade through the [...]Kenya Suspends Avocado Exports Indefinitely
Kenya has banned avocado exports, after reports of premature exports emerged. The Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) suspended the export of the fruit indefinitely. According to the Horticultural Crops Directorate, [...]
