Kenya
Current and comprehensive agriculture, market and development news in Kenya.
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Business
Kenya named among Africa’s top avocado exporters
Kenya ranks among world’s fastest growing exporters of avocado even as demand for the fruit grows in China and Europe.…
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Markets
Kenya corn output seen 25% below five-year average on drought
Kenya estimates its main-season corn harvest from medium-potential growing areas will drop by about 25% below the country’s five-year average.…
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Business
Kenyan tea glut pushes prices to multi-year lows, trade body says
Kenyan tea prices have slumped to their lowest level in at least five years due to excess supplies and weak…
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Business
Tanzania to sell 1 million tons of corn to drought-hit Kenya
Tanzania is set to sell 1 million tons of corn to neighboring Kenya where a drought curbed production and caused…
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News
How Kenya land system has killed agriculture
While you can easily get an acre of good farmland for between Sh200,000 and Sh400,000 in many parts of the…
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Business
Kenya’s rising meat appetite pushes livestock turnover to Sh146 billion
Kenyans’ growing appetite for meat and dairy products saw the livestock sector turnover hit Sh146 billion in 2018 from Sh135.6…
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Business
Policy inconsistence affects eggs exports to Kenya
Kenya’s policy inconsistences have affected Uganda’s eggs import market occasioning a drop in earnings in the last two months. Kenya,…
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Business
Kenyan tea growers send workers home after drought cuts harvest in half
Kenyan tea growers sent approximately half of their workers on leave or deployed them to non-core duties due to a…
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