The Kenya Shilling weakening is pushing up the cost of production for animal feeds as on Wednesday, the US dollar traded at Sh115.80 compared to ShSh115.74 the previous week which has affected millers’ work, and the secretary-general soon not afford key ingredients.
Bolt, an on-demand transportation platform in Africa, has entered a long-term partnership with Seed Balls Kenya with a goal of planting over 11 million indigenous trees and unique grass species in degraded areas across the country.
Kenyan civil rights group Wednesday called upon the Kenyan Government to enact a law that would operationalize the Right to Food
For too long, smallholders have been categorized as highly risk-averse, which has prevented larger actors from investing and working with them. Yet, this is a damaging misrepresentation, particularly as smallholders are now more engaged in agricultural commercialization and demonstrate higher levels of market participation than previously thought
Agriculture Cabinet secretary Peter Munye says the ministry has set aside sh5.73 billion to subsidize fertilizer prices countrywide.
Tushop a Kenyan startup company has secured ksh300 million funding after participation in the pre-seed funding led by global investors.
The IGNITE Food Systems Challenge aims at investing in and supporting Rwandan venture that are contributing to improvement of food security in Rwanda.
The subsidy was meant to cushion farmers from the skyrocketing prices of fertilizer that is being experienced in many countries due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine which is the world’s largest exporter of nitrogen products and planting fertilizer.
The locust invasion that occurred over two years ago affected the farmers’ livelihoods and the World Bank is funding the Programme to ensure restoration of farmers’ livelihoods.
This is the first time the famers, in this region have received any compensation for failed crops due to climate change.