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Agriculture
Kenya agriculture news: farmers, food security, livestock, crops and agribusiness. County and national farming updates.
Cereal growers: aflatoxin in maize and a broken market are a food crisis
Cereal Growers Association chair Nahshon Ngetich told Spice FM Kenya’s legal aflatoxin limit is 10 ppb while some samples hit 500 ppb; he wants extension officers back, slams Galana Kulalu’s 1.75 million acres for maize, and says farmers need more than fertiliser subsidy.
Kagwe: Kenya will import COMESA maize as drought cuts the crop
In Trans Nzoia on Thursday, Agriculture CS Mutahi Kagwe said Kenya will import maize from the COMESA region to cover a drought shortfall, estimated 25–30% of the seed crop could be lost, and wheat and rice imports will continue while sugar output has doubled.
Kagwe: Kenya stays food-secure despite drought-hit maize belts
After touring Eldoret, Nandi and Trans Nzoia, Agriculture CS Mutahi Kagwe said Kenya will not go hungry despite drought-damaged maize; Kenya Seed CEO Sammy Chepsiror cited last year’s ~70 million 90kg bags and warned fake seed can waste a five- to six-month season.
Lamu palm oil plan: Sh12.9 billion project pitched for 3,000 jobs at Witu Nyangoro
Investment PS Abubakar Hassan said talks are nearly done on a Sh12.9 billion ($100 million) palm oil grow-and-process scheme at Witu Nyangoro Ranch that officials say could create about 3,000 jobs; Kenya spends about $1 billion a year importing crude palm oil.
Government lifts local wheat to Sh5,100 per 90kg bag after Narok pressure
Agriculture ministry raised the producer price of local wheat to Sh5,100 per 90kg bag from Sh4,750, days after Narok cereal growers issued a 72-hour ultimatum; farmers had wanted Sh5,378 from a Tegemeo cost study and still decry miller offers near Sh4,500.
Sugar import freeze lifts hope for Lugari cane farmers after Kagwe order
Agriculture CS Mutahi Kagwe directed Kenya Sugar Board to stop new sugar-import licences after claiming domestic production can meet demand; Lugari farmers say cheap imports crushed miller sales and delayed cane payments, and want timely harvest cash.
Kiambu dairy farmers demand quality feeds and sexed semen to lift milk yields
Kiambu dairy farmers urged national and county governments for quality feeds and sexed semen; ministry officer Joanne Atian’g admitted genetics and feed gaps while noting maize import zero-rating may ease feed prices; co-op chair Peris Wanjiru decried stagnant yields.
Coffee auctions hit 637,444 bags worth Sh38.3 billion in ten months
Nairobi Coffee Exchange data show 637,444 bags sold from 1 October over ten months for about Sh38.3 billion, with Alliance Berries, New KPCU and Kirinyaga Slopes among top volume brokers and AA/AB grades leading prices.
Kwale flags off first 43-tonne seaweed export consignment to Chile
Deputy Governor Chirema Kombo flagged off 43 tonnes of seaweed from Kibuyuni Seaweed Farmers Cooperative in Lunga Lunga for export to Chile, with county leaders pushing value addition and women’s livelihoods.