Grain Farmers in Makueni County will now reap profits from the newly commissioned Makueni Integrated Grain Value Addition Plant at Makindu. The Sh210 million factory will cushion the farmers against…
Day: August 26, 2022
Magoha Cautions Teachers Over Funds
The government has no intentions of raising the education capitation allocation which currently stands at 25.9 percent of the country’s budget, Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha has said. Launching…
Administrator Wants Counties To Work With National Gov’t
Garissa county Commissioner Boaz Cherutich has called on the new county government administration to work closely with the national government to tackle some of the challenges facing area residents. While…
Cassava Key To Food Security
29-year old Luke Masika Khisa, a graduate in general agriculture from Sang’alo Institute of Science and Technology, Bungoma County has embarked on a mission to train farmers on cassava farming…
Ministry Unveils E-Voucher Subsidy Program
Government’s effort to ensure food security faces a myriad of challenges including high prices of farm inputs and diminishing land sizes especially in Gusii region. It is for this reason…
Family Of Drowned Nurse Appeal For Help To Bring Body From Canada
A sombre mood continues to engulf the home of Hellen Wendy in Mesesi village in Bomachoge Chache Constituency, Kisii County after she drowned in Canada while live-streaming herself swimming on…
Youth Embracing ICT In Agriculture
Technologies and Innovative farming practices have the potential to enhance Agriculture sectors productivity and effectiveness. The government is recognizing the potential in the use of data and ICT-technologies in agriculture…
Africa Adopts New Health Strategy
African health ministers have adopted a new eight-year strategy to transform health security and emergency response in the region. Spurred by the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fragile…
Storing cattle feed can improve milk and meat yields: why African farmers aren’t doing it
Africa’s cattle feed production is a boom-and-bust cycle. Most of the continent’s grazing lands are lush and green in the rainy season, only to wither into dry scrublands in the…
WMO: Greater Horn of Africa drought forecast to continue for fifth year
As millions of people in the Greater Horn of Africa have already “suffered the longest drought in 40 years,” parts of the region are bracing for a fifth consecutive failed…