Swedfund is investing USD 15 million in Phatisa Food Fund 3, which focuses on established companies across the food value chain in multiple African markets….
By Zablon Oyugi What started as a Kenyan breeding success is now poised to transform rice production across Eastern and Southern Africa, with Komboka becoming…
The government is preparing to commercialise genetically-modified (GM) cassava across 18 counties in a move aimed at fighting crop diseases and strengthening food security in…
By Zablon Oyugi For the first time, the International Greenhouse Gas & Animal Agriculture Conference (GGAA) is being held in Africa, a continent that is…
By Zablon Oyugi Nairobi, Kenya – 11 September 2025 – The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), with support from the Bezos Earth Fund and the…
In a memorable moment at the ongoing African Food Systems Forum 2025 in Dakar, Senegal, Professor Mary Abukutsa-Onyango of Kenya has been named a joint…
Tanzania’s smallholder farmers, long reliant on ancestral weather cues, are facing unprecedented climate unpredictability. William Karatibu, a bean and maize grower, recalls interpreting ant trails,…
Agriculture students at the University of Nairobi will now move beyond textbooks into real-world farming, thanks to the new technology and innovation centre launched recently…
Farmers in Kenya are reaping record potato harvests thanks to Rooted Apical Cuttings (RAC) technology — a game-changing method that produces disease-free seed, doubles yield,…
By Benon Ltamely A major six-year climate-resilient agriculture programme led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is set to create…
The Kenyan government has significantly expanded the Galana-Kulalu Food Security Project in a bold move to slash the country’s reliance on maize imports by 40%,…
The Government of Kenya and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have launched a new US$126.8 million investment aimed at enhancing food security, household…
By Christine Ojung’a Kenya has called for a region-wide shift to data-driven farming in an urgent push to tackle worsening soil degradation that threatens food…
