The UK-Kenya Free Trade Agreement has been welcomed by the Agriculture Sector Network.

Posted on :Friday , 30th July 2021

The Agriculture Sector Network, ASNET, a Kenyan umbrella organisation for the agriculture sector, has praised the newly ratified Economic Partnership Agreement between Kenya and the United Kingdom, saying it will help enhance economic development and job creation.

Kenyan major agricultural exports to the UK, like as vegetables, fruits, flowers, coffee, and tea, now have tarif. . .

KALRO and the EU financed MARKUP in Kenya with the promotion of new agricultural technologies

Posted on :Thursday , 1st July 2021

In order to improve quality and safety standards on export markets, the Kenya Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) and the European Union (EU) financed the Market Access Upgrade Programme (MARKUP) have launched a new agriculture technology to reproduce macadamia and passion fruit-free, high-induction crop crop material.

A phytologist at the KALRO Center for Macadamia, Anto. . .

CDA completes the first phase of its $30.3 million irrigation scheme in Taita Taveta, Kenya

Posted on :Tuesday , 25th May 2021

The Coast Development Authority (CDA) in Kenya's Taita Taveta County is completing the first phase of an ongoing irrigation and drought mitigation project. The new facilities are expected to enable at least 100 smallholder farmers in the Nakuruto and Challa areas to resume their operations.

Farmers in Kenya's Taita Taveta County now have irrigation systems to help them recove. . .

The Co-op Bank has secured $10 million in funding to lend to agribusinesses

Posted on :Monday , 26th April 2021

The eco.business Fund, an impact investment sub-fund for Sub-Saharan Africa, has given $10 million to Co-operative Bank for on-lending to sustainable agribusinesses.

The fund's first investment in Kenya provides much-needed funding to businesses looking to improve sustainable agricultural practises, which is especially necessary given the difficult operating environment gener. . .

Kalro receives Sh300,000 in EU funding to improve food security

Posted on :Tuesday , 30th March 2021

The European Union has given the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization Sh300 million to help with food security.

The funds will also be used to expand research and the use of climate-smart technology in the fight against climate change.

The AgriFI Kenya Climate Smart Agricultural Productivity Project will introduce the five-year programme.<. . .