maize
Kenya Sees Increase in Maize Surplus
Surplus stocks of Kenyan maize may increase by more than 28.3 million 50kg bags during the 2023–24 marketing season, data from the State...
JUSTUS KIPRONO
Food Inflation: When you kill so as to eat
The food insecurity in the country, which has seen millions of Kenyans facing hunger and tens of deaths in more than 10 counties,...
Brenda Gamonde
Former maize farmer reaping big from passion fruits
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hile maize farmers in Uasin Gishu County were lamenting over delayed payment and lack of market for their produce last year, one farmer...
KNA
Woman wins pick-up in maize farming promotion
DEKALB this week awarded one lucky farmer the grand prize of a Nissan pickup, following a countrywide marketing campaign that ran from March...
BT Correspondent
July inflation shoots up after inconsistent food prices
Sukuma wiki, beans and maize prices drop but housing and electricity costs push inflation to four month high
Mike Njoroge
Research seeks to counter crop pests
Scientists focusing on the fall army worm and two stem borer species affecting maize as well the leaf miner in beans
GEOFFREY KAMADI
Sh2.5 billion funding for ‘tough’ maize
The new TELA maize hybrids have been enhanced through biotechnology to improve their drought tolerance and ability to resist attacks by insects
BT Correspondent
Good news for maize farmers as Govt procures fertilizer
Agriculture Principal Secretary Richard Lesiyampe said the subsidized fertilizer's price has been reduced by 33.3% from Ksh 1, 800 last year to Ksh...
KNA
Traders intensify cross-border maize trade as prices soar
The imports of the staple are the highest in recent times as the Kenya grapples with low maize supply following declined harvest due...
WILLIAM ODHIAMBO
