Agriculture
Agriculture CS urges farmers to embrace crop diversification as Kitale Show hits top gear
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri has urged farmers not to focus solely on maize farming but to embrace crop diversification. Speaking at the opening of the Kitale Agriculture Show, he...
Read moreTaskforce set up by the government to collect views on new dairy sector regulations
The government has set up a taskforce to collect views fromstakeholders in the dairy sector on how to effectively implement newdairy regulations pertaining the sale of milk, which has elicited...
Read moreNandi government imposes livestock quarantine following FMD outbreak
The County government of Nandi through the Ministry of Agriculture has imposed a quarantine on all the livestock in the County following an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD)....
Read moreSmallholder Dairy Commercialization programme hailed for helping Likuyani, Lugari farmers
The International Fund for Agricultural Development in collaboration with the national government through the Smallholder Dairy Commercialization Programme (SDCP) has given out grants totaling to over Ksh 95 million to...
Read moreTrans Nzoia, Bungoma Dairy Farmers’ Unions join hands to boost returns
Dairy farmers’ cooperative societies in Trans Nzoia and Bungoma havejoined hands to form a union geared towards boosting their returnsthrough increased production and access to better markets. The Nzoia Dairy...
Read moreGovernor Lonyangapuo reshuffles cabinet
West Pokot Governor John Lonyangapuo has reshuffled his cabinet for the second time since he assumed office as the second Governor of West Pokot County, in a move aimed at...
Read more52 farmers’ groups in Vihiga benefit from World Bank, government funding
52 farmers groups in Vihiga County have benefited from a grant of over Kshs 14 million from the World Bank in partnership with the Vihiga County government. The Kshs 200...
Read moreKenya, Uganda conduct joint cross-border animal vaccination exercise
Kenya and Uganda have vaccinated 300,000 cattle in a free joint mass livestock vaccination against the contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia, lumpy skin and foot and mouth diseases which are rampant in...
Read moreKutuny urges EACC to expedite investigations on payment to maize cartels
Cherangany MP Joshua Kutuny has urged the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) to expedite investigations on Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri over unwarranted payments made to maize cartels. Speaking in...
Read moreBungoma receives World Bank funding as Governor reveals milk plant construction underway
Bungoma County has yet again benefited from a World Bank funding after receiving Kshs 11.6 million to focus on bananas and beans farming and chicken rearing, with farmers from twenty...
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