Agriculture
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Why Taita Taveta is focusing on macadamia farming
Taita Taveta has now set its focus on the lucrative macadamia farming, in a bid to enhance food security in…
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Fertilizer subsidy kitty allocated Ksh.2.7 billion of Ksh.3.3 trillion 2022/23 budget
The Agricultural sector has remained to be the largest contributor to Kenya’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a sector President Uhuru…
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Kakuzi launches online platform to train avocado farmers
Kakuzi PLC will train small-scale avocado farmers through an e-learning agricultural extension program branded Kakuzi Avocademy that will assist them…
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Family Bank signs Ksh.1.1 billion deal with Eco.business for tea farmers financing
Family Bank has inked a Ksh.1.1 billion deal with Eco.business to finance agricultural producers in Kenya. The deal targets key…
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Large scale farmers excluded from Ksh.5.7 billion fertilizer subsidy fund
The Ministry of Agriculture has reduced the number of bags per producer to 10, a move which excludes the country’s…
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Govt sets aside Ksh.5.7 billion fertilizer subsidy fund to cushion farmers
The Kenyan Government has set aside Ksh.5.734 billion to subsidize 114,000MT (2,280,000 x 50kg bags) for farmers growing food crops…
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Horticulture value down Ksh.7 billion on declined volume export
Horticulture profits fell by Ksh.7.1 billion in January this year, owing to a decrease in the volume of produce shipped…
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Faulu Bank inks Ksh.112.9 million deal with USAID to finance 10k farmers
Faulu Bank has entered into a partnership with USAID-funded Feed the Future Kenya Crops and Dairy Market Systems Activity (KCDMS)…
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Kenya okays Yellow Maize importation
Animal Feed processors have been okayed to import yellow maize with minimal Genetically Modified organisms ( GMO) content. The condition…
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Hostility to ensue in Parliament over fertilizer subsidy fund
President Uhuru Kenyatta has been put to task by Members of Parliament to necessitate the return of a Ksh.5.7 billion…
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