
Tanzania to host the AGRF, Africa’s Food System Forum 2023
Tanzania will host the AGRF 2023 Summit, the announcement was made by Her Excellency Samia

How Somalia used biopesticides to win against desert locusts
The first wave of desert locust swarms hit Somalia in 2019. Carpets of hopper bands

Plant and plant produce export goes electronic in Kenya
Kenya through the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS), officially launched the use of the

Plans to form a Dairy Union
Plans are underway to form a dairy union that will see milk producers in Uasin

Challenges in the Kenyan seed production sector
By Kimuri Mwangi Using sticker labels on seeds used to verify if they are genuine

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

Mikakati ya kuwawezesha wakulima wa mkonge kuzalisha kwa tija
Naibu Waziri wa Kilimo nchini Tanzania Mhe. Anthony Mavunde amewataka Wakulima wa zao la mkonge

Nyeri County rolls out climate mitigation measures as agriculture is affected
By Kimuri Mwangi As countries came together to take action towards achieving the world’s collective

Makueni coffee farmers receive seedlings
Over 1,000 farmers from Mbooni Sub-County in Makueni County benefitted from coffee seedlings by the

Coffee farming increasing in Uasin Gishu
The crop diversification message championed by the County government of Uasin Gishu over the years

Kiambu County coffee brand in the pipeline
The County Government of Kiambu has partnered with the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation in

Exclusive Tomato Market opened in Kirinyaga
Kirinyaga County has opened the county’s largest exclusive tomato market at Makutano. Governor Anne Waiguru

Ministry of Agriculture and Council of Governors to cooperate on agriculture
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi and Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga, the Vice-Chairperson Agriculture and Livestock
I am not aware of any maize importation plans says Linturi
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi finally pronounced himself on the issue of maize importation and

Coffee farmers to benefit from climate change initiative
Coffee farmers in Trans Nzoia County are set to benefit from a climate change initiative

Kenya to Host Africa’s Leading Agricultural Show Next Year in February
Africa’s agriculture sector has always piqued the interest of investors and innovators – ever since

Concerted efforts to elevate Root Crops
By Kimuri Mwangi The root crops sub-sector has for a long time received inadequate policy

Trans Nzoia and GIZ unite on Climate risk assessment
Trans Nzoia County Government and German Agency for international cooperation (GIZ) have launched an initiative

Council of Governors agriculture committee meets
The Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives Committee of the Council of Governors held its first chaired

Farm mechanization – where is Kenya?
By Kimuri Mwangi They came in all sizes, colours, materials, and shapes and stared at

EIMA 2022, the best ever
By Kimuri Mwangi The 2022 edition of EIMA International, the world exhibition of agricultural machinery

Elegeyo Marakwet County inks sorghum deal with EABL
Elgeyo Marakwet Governor Wisley Rotich inked a deal with East Africa Breweries Limited (EABL) after

Nandi unveils taskforce to review multinational companies’ engagements in the tea sub-sector
Nandi Governor Stephen Sang has unveiled a task force that will conduct an extensive review

EIMA International, the great exhibition of agricultural machinery, returns to Bologna
The 45th edition of EIMA International, the world exhibition of agricultural machinery that opens today

KEPSA launches strategy on Business Climate Change Solutions
The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) in partnership with the National Treasury and Planning, Ministry

Mavunde awasihi wakulima wajisajili
Naibu Waziri wa Kilimo Tanzania Mhe. Anthony Mavunde amewataka wakulima nchini kujitokeza katika zoezi la

Most of the pesticides used in Kenya are
highly hazardous.
By Kimuri Mwangi 44 per cent of pesticides used in Kenya are banned in Europe

Wakulima wapimiwe ardhi na wapewe hati, asema Naibu wa Waziri Mavunde
Naibu Waziri wa Kilimo wa Tanzania Mhe. Anthony Mavunde ameitaka Timu ya wataalamu wa Ardhi

Nyeri turns to Public-Private Partnership to enhance waste collection
Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Kenya Pet Recycling Company (PETCO),