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aak-GROW, Chief Executive Officer, Joel Mutai explains to a farmer how to identify a genuine product outside an agrovet in Mwea. Photo by Kimuri Mwangi NAIROBI, Kenya, July 27 – The Pest Control Products Board (PCPB) and aak-GROW/CropLife Kenya have reaffirmed that all pesticides registered for use in Kenya undergo rigorous scientific evaluation and continuous…
By Mercy Kachenge NAIROBI, Kenya, July 18 – As climate change fuels prolonged droughts, emerging livestock diseases and antimicrobial resistance, veterinary medicine has become one of the most critical yet often overlooked pillars of Kenya’s food security. Kenya is earning global recognition for strengthening animal health systems. The country recently won the bid to host…
NAIROBI, Kenya July 10 – The Cooperative Alliance of Kenya (CAK) has strongly refuted reports circulating in the media and across social platforms alleging that the government intends to expropriate members’ savings in cooperatives and Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies (Saccos) to fund long-term infrastructure bonds. While addressing the media in Nairobi on Friday, CAK…
NAIROBI, Kenya, July 6 – As artificial intelligence (AI) begins reshaping Kenya’s clinics and farms, tech pioneers and policymakers are racing to ensure the technology actually sticks, A high-level panel convened by Samawati Collective and SemaBOX at Baraza Media Lab brought together practitioners, government officials, civil society, and funders to confront a critical ultimatum: shape…
By Mercy Kachenge NAIROBI, Kenya, July 5 – More than 100 companies from Kenya and China converged at the Sarit Expo Centre for the 3rd China (Linyi)-Kenya International Commodity Exhibition, one of the region’s largest platforms for cross-border trade, in a fresh sign of strengthening commercial ties between the two nations. The four-day event brought…
NAIROBI, Kenya, July 3 – As policymakers and investors across the continent increasingly focus on financing African agri-food systems, a critical piece of the continent’s farming transformation is being left out of the blueprint. Swisscontact is sounding an alarm, warning that injecting capital into agriculture will fail to yield long-term results without an equal, urgent…
BERLIN, Germany, June 30 – The Government of Kenya and the Federal Republic of Germany have signed Comprehensive Development under the Government-to-Government (G-to-G) Development Cooperation framework paving the way for the financing of strategic development programmes in Kenya over the next two years. The financing cooperation agreement was signed in Berlin, Germany by the Principal…
LAIKIPIA, Kenya, June 10 – In a major boost to sustainable agriculture in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands, Savannah Honey Ltd has signed a five-year partnership with women’s producer groups in Laikipia County under the Nurture Project implemented by Swisscontact and funded by the Wyss Academy, the agreement aims to scale Modern, climate-resilient, commercial beekeeping…
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 26 – As extreme weather events become increasingly frequent across Africa, the Institute for Meteorological Training and Research (IMTR) has unveiled its new Training Curriculum on Weather and Climate Information Services for the private sector, IMTR designated as the Africa Regional Training Centre for English speaking countries by the World Meteorological Organization…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 16 – Coffee Farmers, industry players, and international partners converged in Nairobi for the Taste of Harvest Coffee Competition award ceremony, an annual coffee quality competition that serves as a key platform highlighting excellence across Kenya’s coffee value chain. AFA Director General Dr. Bruno Linyiru while congratulating farmers said in line with…
