The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) in partnership with World Bank has launched the Kenya Climate-Smart Agriculture Project in efforts to increase agricultural productivity, build resilience to climate change risks in the targeted smallholder farming and pastoral communities, and in Read More …
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President Kenyatta inaugurates livestock auction and show in Narok county
President Kenyatta will today, December 4 inaugurate a livestock show and auction in Narok County. The show taking place at the county’s stadium will feature the county’s vast potential in livestock production as well as initiate the introduction of high Read More …
Conference on agricultural research launched in Kenya
Agricultural researchers and scientists will today, September 13, 2018, launch a high panel conference on agricultural research in Kenya. The two-day conference themed”Priority Setting in Agriculture Research: Towards Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security in a Changing Climate “, has kicked off Read More …
Uganda to produce 300,000 tonnes of organic fertilizer annually
Uganda is set to open the largest organic fertilizer factory in Tororo in October this year. Located on a 600-acre piece of land, the factory will produce about 300,000 tonnes of organic fertilizer annually making it the biggest plant in Read More …
SNV World rolls out smart water solutions in Machakos County
SNV World, a Netherlands Development Organisation has rolled out a smart water solution technology in various counties to increase water storage facilities for farming. The project that has kicked off in Machakos County dubbed ‘smart water for agriculture’, targets small Read More …
Food availability and affordability shape local urban food plate in Kisumu, a study reveals
In the month of May, the Women Foood Entrepreneurs (WFE) research project partners in Kenya organized a stakeholders dialogue forum in Kisumu to update the stakeholders on the research activities, progress so far, build stakeholder capacity and receive feedback. This Read More …
Summary of the food and nutrition baseline survey report
Agriculture and food-related activities are important in Nyalenda and Obunga informal settlements in Kisumu county. Almost a third of the population is involved in farming activities. The crops mainly grown are those providing constant income, such as kales and maize. Read More …
First East Africa digital farmer conference opens in Nairobi
The first edition of the East Africa digital farmers conference and exhibition 2018 has officially kicked off at KALRO grounds, Loresho, Nairobi. The three-day event goes under the theme ‘enabling agribusiness and food security through ICT’. The event will cover several Read More …
CABE YALI Design Challenge inspires university student to be an agri-preneur
The Center for African Bio-Entrepreneurship (CABE) was recently selected to offer technical advisory services to evaluate the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) cohort 23 participants in pushing forward the apprenticeship policy framework on youth employment creation in agriculture and agro Read More …
Building on apprenticeship policy framework to bridge youth unemployment gap
The Centre for African Bio-Entrepreneurship (CABE) in collaboration with Partnership for Social and Governance Research (PASGR) will hold a one day county forum on ‘Youth Employment Creation in Agriculture and Agro-Processing in Kenya Read More …