One of the most important agricultural activities in Kenya contributing to food security is maize farming. According to Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (Kalro), maize, ...

The revival follows major government investment in irrigation infrastructure. The investment includes a 20,000-cubic-metre intake well, a 2-kilometre water canal, a 550,000-cubic-metre reservoir, and ...

Maize prices in Kenya have surged by KSh 400 amid rising competition between the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) ...

Maize breeders’ and researchers from KARLO view the new maize hybrid that is resistant to the Maize Lethal Necrosis (MLN) viral disease that has wreaked havoc across the country. [File] Maize ...

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) revealed why maize prices in the country soared to a 20-month high Agriculture CS Mutahi Kagwe intervened to permit the duty-free importation of millions ...

Researchers, farmers, and global agricultural institutions are embracing long-neglected crops that promise better nutrition and more resilience to the changing climate. The first time the rains failed ...

Namhla Landani works for the African Market Observatory (AMO), an initiative of the Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development at the University of Johannesburg. The AMO receives ...

KAKAMEGA/NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Catherine Wanjala's small maize farm in western Kenya was suffering. Her crops would stop growing at knee height and her field was peppered with the lilac ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - South Africa's government has authorised a firm to export 240,000 tonnes of genetically modified (GM) maize to Kenya, where GM imports remain controversial, a group opposed to the ...