Category: Farming News

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe will travel to South Africa next week for high-level negotiations aimed at dismantling long-standing non-tariff barriers and expanding market access for Kenyan agricultural commodities. The visit, scheduled for June 4, will see Kagwe join President William Ruto’s delegation for a three-day State Visit to South Africa running from June 3 …

CS Kagwe Heads to South Africa for Trade Talks to Remove Agricultural BarriersRead More

More than 1,500 farmers from across Vihiga County’s six sub-counties gathered at the Shaviringa grounds today for an agricultural exposition aimed at shifting local farming practices toward agro-ecology, green energy, and profitable agribusiness. The county government organised the event in partnership with Remmington Africa, bringing together crop and livestock officers, ward agricultural extension staff, and …

Vihiga Expo Brings Together 1,500 Farmers as County Pushes Agro-Ecology and Green Energy AdoptionRead More

Dairy farmers in Tharaka Nithi County are pleading for a Sh280 million government bailout to revive the collapsed Wega Milk Cooperative Society, a once-thriving processor brought down by a bitter legal battle with Brookside Dairy, mounting debts, and years of internal leadership disputes. The cooperative, which served thousands of farmers in Maara Sub-county, ceased operations …

Collapsed Wega Milk Cooperative Seeks Sh280 Million Government Bailout After Brookside LawsuitRead More

Dairy farmers in Kisii can now hold their milk longer without watching their morning harvest turn sour, following the delivery of four solar-powered bulk milk coolers under the national government’s expanded livestock support programme. The Sh43.6 million investment, shared between Kisii and neighbouring Nyamira County, places nine coolers across strategic cooperative collection points. Kisii received …

Kisii Farmers Receive Milk Coolers to Boost Dairy Farming as Post-Harvest Losses DropRead More

For farmers along the lush banks of the River Tana in Garissa County, the long-awaited rains usually signal a time of hope and planting. But in a tragic turn of events this season, the waters have brought only tears, hunger, and total destitution. Just as their crops were ripening, a wave of catastrophic floods swept …

Tears and Ruin in Garissa as River Tana Floods Destroy Farms and Displace ThousandsRead More

The Tea Board of Kenya has begun implementing the Tea Levy Regulations 2026, recently published under the Tea Act, aimed at supporting infrastructural development in tea-growing regions across the country. The regulations provide a legal framework for the imposition, collection, and utilization of tea levy funds to improve roads, tea collection centers, and other structures …

Tea Board Begins Implementing 0.8% Tea Levy to Fund Infrastructure in Growing RegionsRead More

The government, in collaboration with the Kenya Forest Service and the Meru community, has planted more than 3.5 million trees under an accelerated national reforestation programme aimed at boosting environmental conservation and protecting water catchment areas, Principal Secretary for East African Affairs Caroline Karugu has said. Speaking during a tree-planting exercise at Marania Forest in …

State Department Targets 5 Million Trees by June as Reforestation Drive Gains MomentumRead More

Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has strongly defended the newly introduced Tea Levy Regulations 2026 before the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, insisting that Kenya cannot retreat from reforms aimed at protecting and branding Kenyan tea globally. The debate over the levy, set at 0.8 per cent on tea …

‘Going Back Would Be a Huge Mistake’: Kagwe Fiercely Defends Tea Levy Before National AssemblyRead More

Principal Secretary for Irrigation CPA Ephantus Kimotho has led officials from the State Department for Irrigation and the National Irrigation Authority in a public participation forum for the proposed irrigation project at Gwa Kiongo Dam in Mirangine Ward, Ol Kalou Constituency. The forum brought together farmers, national government administrative officers, and representatives from the County …

Government Moves to Revitalise Gwa Kiongo Dam in Public Participation DriveRead More

Land rehabilitation efforts following the closure of mining operations by Base Titanium in Kwale County are gaining recognition as a model for environmental restoration in Kenya, even as residents call for stronger long-term safeguards. Speaking during a site visit alongside officials from the National Environmental Management Authority, the company reported significant progress in restoring mined …

Base Titanium’s Kwale Land Restoration Gains Recognition as Model for Mine RehabilitationRead More