Category: Agriculture
Project to Protect Pastoralists Against Severe Drought in Kenya
The Government, through the State Department for Livestock Development (SDLD), in partnership with ZEP-RE (PTA Reinsurance Company), Kenya Development [...]
Lotto Celebrates International Day of Forests
The Lotto Foundation joined the world, the Government of Kenya and other stakeholders to mark the International Day of Forests, national celebrations, [...]
Faulu Rolls Out New Financing Options for Farm Inputs
Nairobi, Kenya, March 20th 2023… Faulu Microfinance Bank has today announced a series of new measures aimed at financing farmers to acquire farm input [...]
NBK and Ministry of Water Partner to Support Farmer Led Irrigation Development in Kenya
National Bank of Kenya (NBK) and the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation have today signed a partnership to support the Farmer-Led Irrigation [...]
Absa Bank, eco.business Fund in Deal to Finance Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices in Kenya
Nairobi, 07 March 2023 - Absa Bank Kenya PLC and the eco.business Fund, an impact fund, have announced a KES1.26 billion (USD 10 million) partnership [...]
Boehringer Ingelheim’s LastMile initiative Reaches over 40,000 Smallholder Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa
LastMile, an initiative to train smallholder farmers in Africa on the prevention of animal diseases and leverage access to veterinary medicine, has re [...]
Why Agriculture Insurance is Important to Kenyan farmers
By Joseph Kamiri
USAID reports that the agricultural sector contributes to approximately 33 percent of Kenya’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Furt [...]
RAILA: We will Fight the Use of GMOS in the Country in Court
Raila Odinga, leader of the Azimio Coalition, has reiterated his opposition to the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to alleviate Kenya's o [...]
Massey Ferguson Tractors Distributor Organises Xtra Care Clinic at Kenya Seed Company
Kenya Seed Company in Kitale benefited from an Xtra Care Clinic held at their premises by FMD East Africa, the Massey Ferguson distributor. A team fro [...]
Rigathi Gachagua: Envoys will take active role to promote Kenyan products
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has said announced a paradigm shift in the government's foreign policy, where Kenyan ambassadors and high commission [...]