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Rice farming in Ahero irrigation scheme has peaked a notch higher after the National Irrigation Authority introduced mechanized rice harvesting to the local framers. Nyanza Regional Coordinator for the National …
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a $134 million loan for the National Agriculture Growth Scheme – Agro Pocket program in Nigeria to scale up food production and …
The commodity markets registered a mixed fortune in the latest auction with coffee prices rising for a second time in a row while tea fell marginally. According to the Nairobi …
The National Irrigation Authority (NIA) in partnership with private entities has deployed post-harvest technologies in rice farming areas in the Nyanza region to address post-harvest losses at the farm level. …
Sterling Bank Plc has won the Best Participating Financial Institution under the National Farmer of the Year 2021 Award of the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (ACGSF) of the Central …
The Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (NISS) has unveiled a mobile app, NISS Agro App, for farmers and extension agents to promote their activities and access to the market. NISS …
Small-scale farmers will start paying a presumptive tax if the Treasury’s proposals that seek to recruit more taxpayers to meet revenue collection targets are adopted. The proposal in the draft …
Ekaterra Tea Kenya PLC (Unilever Tea) has made a proposal to shareholders of Limuru Tea Plc to acquire up to 100% of the ordinary shares in the share capital of Limuru Tea …
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya has defended the Sh2 maize import tax relief saying it is better than nothing. Speaking on the sidelines of the IGAD heads of state meeting …
Kenya has overtaken South Africa to become Africa’s top exporter of avocados. In Central Kenya, where the majority of the country’s small-scale avocado farmers are found, coffee bushes are fast …
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