Agriculture and Livestock Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi has congratulated Kenyan farmers for supplying enough food to the country during the last rainy season. Speaking during a fundraiser at Riiji Catholic Church in Central Imenti, the CS said that the farmers took advantage of the fertiliser subsidies, among other interventions, to produce adequate food for their ..read more

The Member of Parliament for Nyando constituency Jared Okelo together with his Matayos Counterpart Geoffrey Makokha Odanga have visited Kakamega NCPB depot on a fact-finding mission on the alleged distribution of substandard fertilizer. The MP’s who are members of the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock met with NCPB Kakamega staff before listening ..read more

Stephen Wachira is one of the many farmers in Kenya who have achieved success through cultivating a variety of herbs. The farmer in Kimunya, located along Kenyatta Road in Kiambu County, grows a variety of herbs on his farm, including parsley, which helps him supplement his income. After months of searching for a more profitable ..read more

The government has commissioned the Roots, Tubers and Bananas East Africa Germplasm Exchange Laboratory (RTB-EAGEL). The facility will implement proven approaches based on best practices in agriculture, a venture that offers the quickest payback period for investments. Speaking during the ground-breaking event for the construction of RTB-EAGEL at KEPHIS Plant Quarantine and Biosecurity Station in ..read more

Kenya Agricultural Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)  has developed a new technology that will enable farmers  easily detect  mastitis infection on their diary animals. Symptoms of mastitis include breast swelling and tenderness or warmth to the touch and the burning sensation is felt while breastfeeding within the first three months and thus has been a major ..read more

The government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development is implementing development initiatives that will contribute to the country’s food and nutrition security geared towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Principal Secretary (PS) for State Department of Agriculture Dr. Kipronoh Rono has said. Consequently, Dr. Rono said that the State Department ..read more

Makueni County Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jnr has directed the Department of Agriculture to set up a rapid response crop protection unit to help farmers manage pests and control crop diseases in an effort to enhance food security. Mutula said this outside his Wote town office where he received a consignment of assorted agricultural chemicals and ..read more

Kenyan food systems are facing unprecedented challenges that include low productivity and inefficient food markets. In addition, the food system actors such as the agricultural production system, those involved in food storage, transport and trade systems, food transformation and food retail, are not adequately focusing on delivering nutritious food to consumers. The remarks were made ..read more

In a bid to address Kenya’s significant rice production shortfall and enhance farmers’ income, the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) is pushing for the adoption of high yielding hybrid varieties to reduce the government’s annual rice import bill. AATF, a non-profit African led organisation has partnered with farmers across the country to pilot several hybrid ..read more

Kakamega County Government has confirmed that the fertiliser distributed to farmers through the subsidy programme is working perfectly. The County Executive Committee Member for Agriculture Godfrey Owori said farmers who used the fertiliser have testified that their crops are healthy. Speaking at Bukura Agricultural Training College during the unveiling of Sistema Bio-digester in Western Kenya ..read more