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Beef prices soar on post-drought shortage
The severe 2020 – 2023 East African drought killed over 9.5 million livestock in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia by March of last year. This has caused a 48 per cent...
Meru oilseed processor recruiting 1,000 sunflower farmers to plug waning production
Oilseed processor Rafikipay Ltd is looking to recruit 1,000 sunflower out-growers in Tharaka and Bura Irrigation Scheme. The farmers will be given free sunflower cultivation training and agronomic support then
Tropical sugarbeet: New crop opportunity for all counties
The introduction of tropical sugarbeet varieties has opened up its cultivation to millions of farmers in Rift Valley, Central, and Nyanza. Given that sugarbeets are more economical in sugar production
Kenya’s potato late blight resistance ticking time bomb for Sh50B agri-sector
Kenya’s potato production has shrunk from 22.4 tons per hectare in 2008 to just 8.4 t/ha in 2022. This is four times lower than the country’s 30 to 40 t/ha
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