Online-based Tractor Service Launched for Smallholder Farmers in Kenya
Investment
Over 5,000 smallholder farmers and youth are set to benefit from an online-based tractor service meant to create more jobs
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Tag: Farmers
Farmers Push for a Committee to Regulate Sugar Importation
Headlines
Kenyan sugar farmers have urged the government to form a committee tasked to oversee sugar importation to the country. According
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Farmers in Six Counties to Benefit from EABL’s Sorghum Plantation Deal
Headlines
The East African Breweries Limited (EABL), has identified six counties where it is looking to contract farmers to plant sorghum
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Kenya Earned Ksh.153Bn from Fresh Produce Exports in 2018
Market News
Kenya’s earnings from fresh produce exports in 2018 jumped to 153.68 billion shillings, a 33 percent increase over 2017 earnings. Unveiling
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Farmers to Miss Out on Subsidized Fertilizer for 2019 Planting Season
Headlines
Farmers will have to dig deeper into their pockets the next planting season as they may not receive subsidized fertilizer
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Government’s Negligible Increase of Maize Prices to KShs. 2500 Not Enough for Farmers
Commodity Watch
Maize farmers will now sell a 90-kilogram bag of maize at 2,500 shillings to the National Cereals and Produce Board
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Maize Planting in Jeopardy as Government Delays Fertilizer
Headlines
Farmers in the Rift Valley region have halted the preparation of their lands for maize planting as the government is
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Connecting Farmers to Markets in Africa Through Super Platforms
Investment
Smallholder farmers make up more than 60 percent of Africa’s population and produce approximately 85 percent of Africa’s agricultural output
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Achieving Solutions with Farmers is not radical: Why is it so hard?
Lifestyle
A stranger enters the room, from another world, and tells a long-time team to do things differently. The chances of
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Big Lift for Livestock Farmers in New Credit, Water and Sanitation Programme
Investment
Thousands of livestock farmers in five counties in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid region are set to benefit from improved water
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