Kenya to benefit from Sh19b UN funding for food security
Kenya is among the beneficiaries of Sh19 billion allocated to 24 global projects by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Council of the United Nations (UN) to tackle the critical intersection between agriculture and environmental concerns. Initiatives set to benefit include the Lake Bogoria National Reserve, the Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests and the Shimoni-Vanga seascape, which […]
Russia gives Kenya Sh300 million to fight desert locusts
In Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, widespread breeding is in progress and new swarms are beginning to form, representing an unprecedented threat to food security
100,000 Kiambu farmers to receive cereal seeds: Nyoro
The consignment, includes 71,000 tonnes of maize seeds and 35,000 tonnes of beans which will be distributed directly to the farmers.
How Kenya, the EAC giant, is fed by smaller Uganda
The Kenya-Uganda cross border trade has for decades grabbed headlines for all the wrong reaseons, largely illicit trade. In the process these headlines have completely over-shadowed the food lifeline Uganda has provided to Kenya over the decades. Huge trailers, lorries, pick-ups and bicycles shuttle day and night from various food-basket regions to buying points in […]