Cheap rice imports hurting businesses in Mwea
Members of the Kirinyaga County Assembly have been challenged to come up with by-laws to regulate importation of cheap rice that is grossly affecting farmers in the local Mwea irrigation
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Agriculture
Obado wants rice farmers protected from cartels
Import of cheap rice at Kuja Irrigation Scheme is frustrating the efforts of rice farmers towards attaining profitable sales, Migori Governor Zachary Obado has revealed. The Governor who was speaking on
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Kakamega Farmers Secure Export Market for Maize
Maize farmers from Kakamega County have secured a market for their produce in Rwanda. This is after a private organization known as Farm to Market Alliance (FMA) linked them to this
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Government Rice buying project stabilises prices and keeps away middlemen.
Mwea farmers are a happy lot and have hailed the government decision to set the price of a kilo of paddy at Sh85. The announcement made by President Uhuru during his
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County starts restocking fishponds to promote aquaculture
The County Government of Nyeri has started restocking fishponds in a move aimed at encouraging farmers to adopt fish farming as an economic activity as well as promote food and
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