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Agriculture
Kenya agriculture news: farmers, food security, livestock, crops and agribusiness. County and national farming updates.
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.
KIAMIS dashboards put Nandi’s 168,894 farm households on a live map
Nandi County’s farming base is now visible on Kenya Integrated Agricultural Management Information System dashboards — 168,894 households, certified-seed uptake, livestock counts and a 99% rain-fed water profile for planners.
Kagwe lifts wheat producer price to Sh5,100 per 90kg bag for 2026
Agriculture CS Mutahi Kagwe set the 2026 local wheat producer price at Sh5,100 per 90kg bag, up from Sh4,750, after AFA-led talks with growers and millers, as output is expected near one million bags.
Agricultural output hits Sh4.07 trillion as GDP share rises to 23.2%
Council of Governors says Economic Survey 2026 shows agricultural output rising from Sh3.64T to Sh4.07T and GDP share from 22.4% in 2024 to 23.2% in 2025, crediting county investment in value chains.
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.