Agriculture Policy News

Focus on soil health as Food Systems and Land Use action plan 2024 – 2030 is launched
The government is committed to address soil health in order to transform Kenya’s Food Systems.

Government to establish a milk price-stabilizing fund
By Kimuri Mwangi The government plans to establish a milk price-stabilizing fund, which will be

New hope as government writes off debts in the sugar sector
To address the challenges that have haunted sugarcane farmers for decades, the Cabinet welcomed the

No wheat or maize import permits, says President Ruto.
No permits will be issued to millers to import wheat or maize into the country.

AFA talks tough to sugar millers over cane poaching
By Kimuri Mwangi Cane poaching by sugar millers has contributed to the sugar shortage in

Busia farmers receive 17 tonnes Bt cotton seeds and fertilizer from National government
The National government has stepped up plans to revive cotton production in the country. Cotton

Frameworks to support coffee subsector reforms will be ready before the end of the year says Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua
Frameworks to support the coffee subsector reforms will be ready before the end of the

First Lady commissions Kenyan trainees for agriculture training in Israel
The First Lady of the Republic of Kenya has commissioned 210 Kenyan trainees for the

PS launches fight against rice snails in Mwea
The Ministry of Agriculture has launched the invasive apple snails Pilot control operation in Mwea

President Ruto’s full Statement on Interventions in Agriculture
1. For years now, life has been very difficult for millions of Kenyans due to

Review financing system in favour of Africa – DP Gachagua at UN Food Summit
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has called for a review of the global funding system in

In Uganda, farmers attend plant clinics for extension services
By Kimuri Mwangi Plant clinics is a tested extension approach globally. In Uganda, the approach

Government launches Ksh15.9b insurance project for pastoralists
The government has launched a Ksh15.9 billion project to cushion pastoralists in 21 counties in

Court cases hampering Tea Research Foundation establishment says KALRO Chairman
The operationalization of the Tea Research Foundation is being hampered by the cases in court

Deputy President promises to fully implement proposals to revive the tea sector
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Thursday undertook to oversee full implementation of proposals by tea

Recommendations for coffee marketing in Kenya
Coffee marketing in Kenya has been a complex process for the local farmer to understand.

Apply coffee licenses afresh, says Ministry
Companies dealing with coffee in Kenya have to apply again for licenses after the Ministry

Governor Mbarire and the Kenyan coffee cartels debate
By Kimuri Mwangi If there has been a term synonymous with poor coffee returns and

Resolutions from the first National Mango Conference
By Kimuri Mwangi The first National Mango Conference and Exhibition was held in Makueni County

Farmer training key in attaining food security
By David Ndegwa Around 2012 and 2013, the company I was working for posted me

It’s either maize or my license, Linturi to millers
Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi has read the riot act to millers

Kenya Food Systems Conference Recommendations
Kenya recently held the first-ever Food Systems Conference that was aimed at giving recommendations and

Government to invest in dams construction to boost food production
Intense investment in sustainable irrigation will help address the food crisis in the country. President

Calls for good agricultural practices to realize safe food production in Kenya
The Government of Kenya has called for good agricultural practices that will foster the realization

Locust-affected countries met in Kenya to assess joint action
Locust-affected countries gathered in Kenya to review the positive balance of what could have been

Kenya develops Water and Sanitation Investment and Financing Plan
The CS Water, Sanitation and Irrigation Alice Wahome together with Kirinyaga Governor Ann Waiguru who

Kenya and Uganda to benefit from Angololo dam project
By Kimuri Mwangi Kenya and Uganda are building a 40-metre-high dam with a reservoir capacity

4.3 million registered farmers start receiving subsidized fertilizer
4.3 million farmers have been registered in the ongoing farmer registration exercise by the government.

How to access government subsidized fertilizer
Farmers will access the subsidized fertilizer by dialling *707# on their phones to know the

Coffee reforms – which way as Deputy President takes over?
By Kimuri Mwangi The National Task Force on Coffee Sub Sector Reforms was appointed vide