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Wheat flour price set to rise on higher grain import cost
The price of wheat flour is expected to go up starting January following a rise in the cost of importing the grain into the country.
Millers say that the landing price of wheat will increase to Sh56,000 for a tonne from Sh50,000 currently, exerting pressure on the flour and other products.
The millers expect the consumer price of wheat flour to go up to Sh160 for a two-kilo packet from the...
Farmers urged to take up new maize seed varieties
Maize farmers in Kenya have been urged to adopt new high-yield varieties of seeds to boost their crop production.
Seed Trades Association of Kenya chairperson Kassim Owino said some farmers, especially in the main grain basket of Uasin Gishu and Trans Nzoia are stuck with the decade-old varieties of seed such as Hybrid 614 despite dwindling crop yields.
“When you stick to the old variety, it...
We have no maize in our silos, NCPB cries out
The country is staring at an acute food shortage after it emerged that maize reserve stores are empty.
The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) yesterday urged the National Assembly Agriculture Committee to urgently come up with interventions to avert a food crisis.
Consequently, the board is seeking for Sh10.4 billion to purchase 2.8 million bags of local white maize at Sh2,700 per unit,...
Kakamega shifts focus to horticulture to put more cash in farmers’ pockets
Kakamega county has started a programme to promote horticulture to end farmers’ overreliance on sugar cane.
The county’s economy depends on sugar cane farming as the main cash crop, but it’s not performing well at the moment due to the challenges facing the subsector.
The situation was worsened by the collapse of the Mumias Sugar Company three years ago.
The county government last...
Fuelling smallholder farmers’ resilience through Regenerative Agriculture
Although agriculture is the backbone of Embu County and supports the livelihoods of people living there, food security for smallholder farmers in the county is undermined by low yields of all major crops. The low productivity has been attributed to declining soil fertility, climate change, inadequate extension support and limited access to inputs as well as poor farming methods, resulting in...
How vegetable farming is creating brighter futures for rural youth
After completing her high school education, 31-year-old Emily Jepkosgei from Mokoyo Village in Elgeyo Marakwet had her future figured out. Upon finalising a computer literacy course, she was hoping to join college.
As she pursued the short-term course, she asked her parents for a small portion of land from the family farm. Her mother obliged and gave her a 0.25 acre piece of land where she...
Moi University to harvest Sh80 billion from apple farming
By Brian Otieno
Moi University has identified apple farming as their go-to activity to raise funds to supplement the exchequer funding.
The university said apart from generating income for the institution, their apple farming will also provide part of a solution to the apple needs of the country.
“A lot of Kenyans might not be aware that we (Kenya) import about 95 per cent of our apple needs...