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Agriculture
Kenya agriculture news: farmers, food security, livestock, crops and agribusiness. County and national farming updates.
Senate seeks public views on making mrangi (achiote) a scheduled crop
The Senate is receiving Article 118 memoranda on a proposal to list achiote — locally mrangi, Bixa orellana — in the Crops Act First Schedule so the natural colour crop can be regulated and promoted as a scheduled crop.
Barasa: mangrove protection is blue-economy and climate finance work, not only trees
At World Mangrove Day events in Lamu, CS Deborah Barasa said Kenya will fold mangrove conservation into national development, citing fisheries, tourism and climate finance after a two-day forum at KEFRI Mokowe on the 2017–2027 management plan.
Tana River and UNDP open joint review of Advancing Food Systems Project
Tana River County and UNDP began a monitoring mission of the Advancing Food Systems Project in Hola, aiming to measure progress, gaps and climate-resilience support for food-insecure communities.
Dangote targets Lamu for Sh2.2tn, 700,000-bpd refinery plan
Bloomberg-sourced reporting says Aliko Dangote has chosen Lamu Island for a proposed Sh2.2 trillion refinery of about 700,000 barrels per day — second only to his Lagos plant on the continent — with design, engineering and soil tests underway and a roughly five-year build path.
KPA sweeps eight first-place trophies at Kisumu Show as lake port logs 144 calls
At Mamboleo Showground, KPA took eight first-place categories presented by Kisumu DG Mathew Owili, while Port of Kisumu reported 144 vessel calls year-to-date and 42,359 tonnes of export cargo in June alone — with Uganda still the top transit market.
Gazette shifts: Mabonga takes EPRA chair as Adan Haji Ali moves to PBO Authority
A 24 July 2026 Gazette made former Bumula MP Moses Mabonga EPRA’s non-executive chair for three years, shifted Adan Haji Ali to the PBO Regulatory Authority under Murkomen, and put Faith Akiru Kuno on the EPRA board as energy reforms continue after Daniel Kiptoo’s exit.
Expert: ‘local’ agro-inputs often cost more than direct imports
Peter Karanja of Mazao na Afya / Agrilife says farmers often pay more for ‘local’ agro-inputs than for direct imports because many products are imported, repackaged and multi-layered before the agrovet shelf — arguing real local manufacturing, not rebranding, would cut prices.
Gathuthi Tea Factory gets Sh65.2m grant for modernisation
Agriculture CS Mutahi Kagwe has presented a Sh65.2 million government grant to Gathuthi Tea Factory for equipment modernisation — a factory-level cash injection growers will judge by leaf prices, downtime hours and whether the money buys machines or ceremonies.
Coffee revitalisation in North Rift aims to triple production by 2030
The government has launched a Coffee Revitalisation Programme in the North Rift aimed at tripling production by 2030 — a bold yield target that will succeed only if seedlings, extension, factory governance and farmer payments move together.