Arid Kitui Transformed into Rice farms
Most farmlands in Kitui have for a longtime remained unfit for agriculture, being at best merely a grazing area for livestock but today, the landscape is more picturesque and productive,
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Agriculture
Hopes for food security and climate change resilience renewed
Kenya needs to rethink food production practices in the wake of increased erratic climate patterns, depleted soil nutrients and a growing number of food insecure people. Dr. David Amudavi, Executive Director,
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Coffee and Tea Farmers Opt for Lucrative macadamia
Farmers in Kiambu County frustrated by poor returns of coffee and tea are shifting from growing the two cash crops to the more lucrative macadamia trees to make good earnings. Coffee and
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Munya Faults KTDA for Misinformation on New Tea Rules
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya has accused the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) of fanning propaganda among farmers to incite them to reject the new tea regulations. Addressing farmers’ representatives drawn
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Alert Over Dangerous vet Medicine in Market
Animal health specialists have raised the red flag over manufacturers, importers and distributors who are taking advantage of wrangles at the Veterinary Medicine Directorate Board to flood the country with
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