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Kenya secures major boost in climate-smart agriculture at COP29

Kenya has emerged as a significant beneficiary of the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate’s (AIM for Climate) investments, receiving support for various projects designed to…

ILRI, CTLGH Launch an Advanced App for Livestock Health and Feed Management

By Zablon Oyugi The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH) have launched a real-time livestock monitoring…

Kenyan High Court Upholds GMO Food Ruling, Dismisses Health Risk Concerns

The High Court of kenya has dismissed several petitions challenging the lifting the ban on genetically modified organisms (GMO) food in affirming the ruling by…

No soil, no problem: Kibera’s youth embrace climate-friendly farming

By Lisa Murray, Communications Officer at the World Food Programme When 16-year-old Mercy joined high school in Kibera, Kenya’s largest informal settlement, she was set…

New plan to revolutionise feed inventories in Africa

Accurate feed and fodder inventories are essential for a resilient livestock sector, allowing countries to identify investment opportunities and address climate-related challenges more effectively. To…

Government documents miraa grades to help farmers boost quality and meet market demands

The government through the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) has documented the various miraa (khat) grades to help farmers produce, sort and grade their miraa…

EAGC, AGRA launches Ethiopia-Kenya Pulse Trade Project to promote export-oriented pulse trade between the two countries

The Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) in partnership with Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has launched the Ethiopia-Kenya Pulse Trade Project that…

Breakthrough Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine tailored for Eastern Africa marks major step toward disease control

The control of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in the Eastern Africa Region is now a step closer thanks to a newly registered first ever…

Curtain falls on food and feeds safety expo

Experts in the food and feed industry in Kenya have concluded a three-day workshop aimed at strengthening the capacity of Food Business Operators (FBOs) in…

ICIPE seeks to integrate insects across food system as global edible insect market set to grow by $11.42 billion over the next four years

By Zablon Oyugi The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) is seeking to understand how best insects can be integrated into the food…

No farmer is prevented from producing and supplying fruits and vegetables, AFA clarifies

The Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) has clarified that no farmer is prevented from producing and supplying fruits and vegetables in response to contents that…

FAO launches Africa-wide tsetse fly distribution map

By Zablon Oyugi The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has released the first-ever Africa-wide tsetse flies distribution map. This comprehensive tool…

Coffee sector in Kirinyaga puts hopes in new government

Coffee farmers in Kirinyaga are hopeful that the new government will help save their sector. Farmers from the area believe that coffee farming is highly…

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….

iProcure secures $10.2M funding

Data-driven agriculture input supply company iProcure has secured $10.2million series B funding. A diverse group of international investors led by Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) were responsible…