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Investors express an appetite for funding the Kenyan livestock sector despite challenges

Kenya’s vibrant livestock sector, which supports an estimated 25 million livelihoods and contributes 42% to the national agricultural GDP, continues to attract attention from investors…

Boran Cattle: The ‘mother’ of Africa’s meat industry

They are often referred to as God’s gift to the cattleman due to their ability to withstand prolonged droughts, high temperatures and scarce vegetation, yet…

Beyond aflatoxin: Unseen dangers of other mycotoxins in livestock feeds

While much attention has been rightfully paid to aflatoxins, experts warn that they are not the only threat under the mycotoxins umbrella. Fusarium trichothecenes, ochratoxins,…

Canadian Government unveils aflatoxin decontamination plants to boost trade and food security in Kenya and East Africa 

The Canadian Government, through TradeMark Africa (TMA), has provided aflatoxin decontamination plants to the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) depots in Bungoma and Nairobi….

Fowl Typhoid and Fowl cholera

Does chicken get typhoid and cholera like humans? That maybe the question running in your mind as you read the heading to this piece. Well,…

Looking for a reliable market for your avocados and fruits? We have you covered, says Biofarms

With an ever-growing demand for the avocado, as well as other fruits, this horticultural firm partners with farmers to meet this demand by providing market…

AAK Grow is championing sustainable agriculture amidst rising pest and disease threats

While pesticides better known as Pest Control Products (PCPs) have become indispensable, aakGROW is promoting safety standards to protect farmers, consumers, traders, and the environment…

Strategy to boost African trade unveiled

By Bernadette Murgor Kenyan farmers and agribusiness stakeholders across the value chain can now to take advantage of the trial phase of a continental market….

Bixa, The colouring crop can add Value to farmers lives

This special plant produces 70 per cent of the worlds natural food colours and has the potential to earn farmers good money BY MAZERA NDURYA …

Details of the transport of kenyan flowers by sea to be unveiled this week during IFTEX

After a three-year break, Nairobi is set to host the multi-billion-dollar global flower industry fraternity for a three-day International Flower Trade & Exhibition, IFTEX, that…

Smallholder farmers to get boost worth $1.5 billion to avert food crisis

With the disruption of food supplies arising from the Russia-Ukraine war, Africa now faces a shortage of at least 30 million metric tons of food,…

Benefits of vertical farming

At the age of nine, Josephine Favre uttered the words of her passionate dream:  “When I grow up, I am going to feed Africa.” Interestingly,…

Macadamia nut farming in Kenya

Macadamia is as precious as gold in the world of nuts. By 2011, only a few people knew that it was grown in Kenya. In…

How to dry your fruits and where to sell them

Maureen Ochieng has been a farmer in Siaya for the last five years. But it is in the last two years that she has realised…

Growing families through fruit farming

By Mercy Ngigi. Down the hill in Maguguni Village in Kambiti, Murang’a County, lies Ms Felister Wanjiku’s beautiful homestead. As you walk up the hill,…