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IITA and Partners Launch AfPBA CRISPR Class III Training to Empower Africa’s Crop Improvement Scientists

By Zablon Oyugi The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), as a member of the African Orphan Crops Consortium (AOCC), and in partnership with the University of California,…

CIP Mobile App Transforms Kenyan Agriculture with Real-Time Crop Varietal Data for Sustainable Breeding and Seed Systems

A mobile phone application initially developed by CGIAR’s International Potato Center (CIP) in partnership with RESONANZ Group GmbH is improving agricultural activities in Kenya by…

Kenya, partners to develop seed roadmap for Africa’s agricultural transformation

Stakeholders from Kenya and across Africa are organising a summit to draw a seed roadmap for the East African country. The consortium of stakeholders includes…

AU adopts ten-year strategy and action plan to transform Africa’s agri-food systems and ensure food security

The African Union (AU), has adopted a new agricultural development strategy that will see the continent increase its agrifood output by 45 per cent by…

Digital Soil Maps: Unlocking Agronomy Solutions for Farmers in West Africa and the Sahel

By Zablon Oyugi West Africa and the Sahel, a region where millions of smallholder farmers struggle with low yields and soil degradation, faces a looming…

Rwanda Soil Information System Launched to Revolutionize Agricultural Productivity

By Zablon Oyugi The CGIAR Excellence in Agronomy Initiative (EiA) collaborated with the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB) and other partners to officially…

An innovative initiative to transform African agriculture

The African Agricultural Transformation Initiative is set to enable successful execution of strategic agricultural interventions As the current crises and disruption in food networks lay…

Poultry farming boost in Kisumu county

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Kenya is working in partnership with the County of Kisumu to promote poultry farming. The main aim is to improve agricultural production as…

Plans for maize flour subsidy

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya promised to conduct an audit of millers contracted to provide subsidized maize. On Wednesday, a day after the general election, CS…

Agriculture sector celebrates 63m€ from AfDB

In the middle of last month Kenya confirmed the approval of a 63 million Euro loan from the Africa Development Bank. The loan will work…

Agriculture sector during election period

As the entire nation watches one of the most important weeks unfold, farmers hope for much needed change. The general election in Kenya allows for…

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,…

Kenyan government should reduce high fertilizer prices to boost food security

Nelson Maina: Kenyan-based agriculture expert Kenya’s cost of living has hit unprecedented highs with prices of basic commodities being out of reach for many citizens….

World Bank working to help with food security

Exciting news as the World Bank announces it will give Kenya $200 million to improve food security and development. Senior Agriculture economis at the World…