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Has the chicken come home to roost for KTDA as police raid offices?
The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) Holdings Limited has been left to releasing a flurry
KTDA pays Kshs.734 dividends to farmers
Smallholder tea farmers affiliated to Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) managed factories will this week receive
For this Karatina couple, agriculture is a solution to their bakery venture
By Kimuri Mwangi People venture into agriculture due to various reasons. Some out of passion,
Biopesticides for locust control to save the environment
For over a year now, East Africa has been going through a massive Desert Locust
Uasin Gishu County promoting coffee farming
Farmers in Uasin Gishu County Agriculture Chief Officer Julius Rotich has urged registered farmers to
Agriculture Minister on why Uganda leads in terms of ensuring food security
Uganda is ahead in the region in terms of ensuring food security because it is
Agribusiness
Farming changes life for youth in Central African Republic
Whilst studying for his business degree, Emmanuel had dreams of being an entrepreneur and earning
Study shows access to infrastructure can increase youth engagement in agriculture
Youth unemployment remains a critical challenge in developing countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa where the
I was chased like a dog from my farm as I had no lease agreement – Caleb Karuga
By Kimuri Mwangi Celebrated farmer and former K24 journalist Caleb Karuga has warned farmers against
Maize or napier grass as fodder?- a farmer’s insight.
A dairy farmer from Mukurwe-ini, Nyeri County is advocating for use of maize as fodder
Project training entrepreneurs in banana value addition
Uganda’s Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has kick-started training of representatives from Banana
World’s most expensive sheep sold at Kshs. 53 million
A family on August 27th 2020 sold their six months old sheep at an Auction
Agriculture Policy
Agriculture Minister on why Uganda leads in terms of ensuring food security
Uganda is ahead in the region in terms of ensuring food security because it is
Coffee Cherry fund regulations could be reviewed
The government is was considering revising the Coffee Cherry Fund regulations so that coffee farmers
CS Munya releases Smallholder tea factories elections timetable
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya has released a timetable for smallholder tea factories elections. Here
The Kenya Dairy Industry Regulations, 2021 launched
By Kimuri Mwangi The Dairy Industry Regulations, 2021 have been launched and are now law
Coordinated efforts needed to combat aflatoxin in the region
Food safety is the foundation to both food and nutrition security.To meet our food and
AFA to conduct a crackdown to ensure food safety
The Agriculture & Food Authority (AFA) will start inspections to make sure that all food
Agriculture Politics
Has the chicken come home to roost for KTDA as police raid offices?
The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) Holdings Limited has been left to releasing a flurry
High Court Suspends President Kenyatta’s Executive Order on KTDA managed Factory Elections, Subsidiaries
The High Court in Nairobi has this afternoon issued a conservatory order suspending the implementation
High Court Dismisses AFA’s Application to be Enjoined in Suit Against Tea Act
The High Court in Embu has dismissed an application by the Agriculture and Food Authority
Uganda hit hard in the creamy, milky battle in East Africa
By Kimuri Mwangi A creamy, milky, battle has been going on for a while in
KTDA Managers summoned by DCI
Senior Managers from the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) have been summoned to appear before
Agriculture CEC faces possible impeachment
The CEC Agriculture Bungoma County, Mathews Chirasa Mukanda is facing possible impeachment after a notice
Science and Technology
Five ways nuclear technology is improving agriculture and food security
Some of the most innovative ways of improving agricultural practices involve nuclear technology. Using isotopes
What water means for one farmer, once a migrant now a returnee, in Kenya
Water. For all people, it means health, hygiene and hydration. For the spiritual, it can
Uganda to make HIV treatment tablets from goat milk
The National Animal Genetic Resources Center and Databank (NAGRC&DB) of Uganda will start making special
Opinion: Why Europe wants Africa to end crop protection in case science one day shows it’s harmful
By Eric Kimunguyi, CEO, CropLife Kenya/ Agrochemicals Association of Kenya There is a certain state
Namibia communities embracing hydroponic fodder production to beat drought
Drought-hit communities in Namibia are embracing hydroponic fodder production as a viable means of saving
Scientists Discover New Genetic Traits to Breed More Productive and Resilient African Cattle
New study deploys advanced tools to retrace 1,000 years ofAfrican pastoralist cattle breeding, identifying traits
Agriculture Products
List of Agrochemical products approved by Pest Control Products Board (PCPB) for management of potato pest and disease
This is a list of the relevant pesticide products approved by Pest Control Products Board
Farmer beware- that animal feed could be sand
By Kimuri Mwangi Mwangi (not his real name) is a prominent dairy farmer from Nyeri
KEBS bans sale and consumption of Rumate feed supplement
The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has suspended the sale and distribution of Rumate animal
The Weekly Coffee Dose with Henry Kinyua
By Henry Kinyua About a month ago, the Nairobi Coffee Auction trading floor was closed
Industry has pesticides ready for locust spraying in Kenya- Agrochemicals Association
Kenya has the pesticides to tackle the country’s locust invasion ready and stored in local
New KCC to venture into goat and camel milk processing
Dairy goat and camel farmers have a reason to smile as New KCC plans to
Swahili News
Tanzania yapambana na nzige
Waziri wa Kilimo Profesa Adolf Mkenda (Mb) ametoa tathmini ya kazi ya kuwadhibiti nzige wa
Bilioni 12 za wakulima wa kahawa kagera kulipwa
Serikali ya Tanzania imesema wakulima waliokusanya kahawa yao kwenye vyama vya ushirika mkoani Kagera wataanza
Uzalishanji wa mkonge umepanda – Mgumba
Juhudi zinazochukuliwa na Serikali zimewezesha uzalishaji wa zao la mkonge kupanda kutoka tani 19,700 mwaka
Wanafunzi wa kilimo wasifukuzwe – Kusaya
Katibu Mkuu Wizara ya Kilimo Bw.Gerald Kusaya ameagiza uongozi wa Chuo cha mafunzo ya Kilimo
Serikali yatenga bilioni 16 kujenga kituo mahiri cha usimamizi wa mazao ya nafaka
Katibu Mkuu wa Kilimo Bw. Gerald Kusaya leo (19/06/2020) amesaini mkataba wa ujenzi wa kituo
Naibu Waziri Bashe akutana na wadau wa shahiri na zabibu Dodoma
Naibu Waziri wa Kilimo Mhe. Hussein Bashe amekutana na wadau wa zao la shahiri na