Kenya
Current and comprehensive agriculture, market and development news in Kenya.
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Business
Pressure mounts on Kenyan government to increase maize prices
Pressure is mounting on the government to review the cost of a 90kg bag of maize following an outcry from…
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Business
Nairobi trade tariff talks with China to boost flower exports
Kenyan flowers growers will be banking on the recently formed working committee, to thrash out tariff issues with China, possibly…
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Technology
Kenya sugar firm banks on technology for market takeover
A new private sugar firm in Kenya is pioneering irrigation farming and mechanisation to turn a profit. Kwale International Sugar…
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News
Irrigation-short Africa may get $9 billion boost to spur harvests
The power of irrigation is on full display in this corner of southeastern Kenya, where an 8,000-hectare sugarcane plantation glimmers…
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Crops
Macadamia boom as more take up crop
Macadamia nut processors have projected a rise in production in the next five years as farmers switch to the cash…
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Business
Stakeholders seek delay in coffee rules
New coffee regulations will not be operational this year following a request by those who pleaded to be given one…
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News
Dirty deals threaten food security, report says
A global index has singled out Kenya as one of the countries whose food security is undermined by various forms…
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Crops
Experts warn quality of Kenyan tea falling as Rwanda surges
Players in the tea sector have raised concern over the decline in the quality of Kenyan tea as produce from…
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