Kilimo Briefs News

Fishermen receive fish cages
More than 180 fishermen from the Ngeri Bay Fishing Community in Suba South in Homa

We shall implement guaranteed minimum returns – President Ruto
The Government will implement the Guaranteed Minimum Returns programme as pledged. President William Ruto said

KTDA releases dividends to farmers
Smallholder farmers under KTDA management are set to receive a total of Kshs 584,853,000, being

Uasin Gishu county to help in fertilizer distribution
The County Government of Uasin Gishu has teamed up with the National Cereals and Produce

Master Card to partner with government to improve agriculture
Kenya and Master Card Foundation have agreed to work in moving farmers from rain-fed agriculture

Tanzania border crisis as it imposes tough maize export restrictions
Tanzania has imposed new restrictions on maize export permits. The Compliance with Sanitary Phytosanitary Standards

ACWICT partners with county to train farmers
The County Government of Nakuru in Collaboration with the African Centre for Women, Information and

Kakuzi gets KEPHIS nod to supply fresh avocados to China
Kakuzi PLC has become one of the first local entities to secure approval from the

County to establish an Information Hub
The County Government of Kericho through the Agricultural Sector Development Support Programme(ASDSP) is in the

Munya to engage treasury on levies
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya has said he will engage the National Treasury on the

Kenya Railways resumes livestock transport business
Kenya Railways has resumed the livestock transport business. In two (2) days, the railway company

New market commissioned in Uasin Gishu
Uasin Gishu County Governor Jackson Mandago together with CS Charles Keter and Deputy Ambassador of

Ministry auditing tea weighing machines
The Ministry of Agriculture has dispatched a team of inspectors across all tea buying centres,

Tea fertilizer enroute to Nairobi via SGR
Agriculture CS Hon Peter Munya this morning flagged off 65,000 tonnes of tea fertilizer from

AGRA delegation meets President Uhuru ahead of Summit.
President Uhuru Kenyatta today at State House, Nairobi met a delegation from the Alliance for

Loose smut maize disease in Narok
Narok County’s Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries has raised concern over the increasing cases

KeNHA and KFS partner to make Nairobi green
Kenya Forest Service (KFS) and the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) have signed a Framework

Tomato seedlings multiplication
KALRO researchers have embarked on multiplication and distribution of tomato seedlings to farmers in Garissa,

Preserving the Ankole long-horned cattle
Bright Rwamirama, the Uganda Minister of State for Animal Industry, has tasked breeders of the

Uganda to scale up Hass avocado production
Uganda is planning to scale up the farming of Hass avocado. Dr Hillary Agaba, the

KTDA pays Kshs.734 dividends to farmers
Smallholder tea farmers affiliated to Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) managed factories will this week receive

No elephant burnt in Loldaiga ranch fire
No elephants died in a fire that consumed a section of Loldaiga ranch in Laikipia County.

Munya likens KTDA with “Wall Street fat cats”
Agriculture CS Peter Munya has accused Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) of using a lot

Harvesting time in Turkana
Harvesting of sorghum and cowpeas crop at the 216-acre Kotela irrigation scheme in Loima sub-county,

Truck driver arrested after reporting coffee theft
A truck driver who reported the theft of 324 bags of coffee he was transporting

Agencies sign performance contracts
Environment CS Keriako Tobiko has urged the agencies under the Ministry to work together to

KEPHIS automates the seed and plant variety protection system
The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) has launched the Automation of the Seed Certification and

Four arrested in Marsabit,Isiolo for illegal possesion of elephant tusks
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) security personnel have arrested four suspects in Marsabit and Isiolo Counties

National Assembly passes the Tea Bill
The National Assembly yesterday passed the Tea Bill to regulate the sector. This happens after