Growers trained to improve production, connect to markets and increase sales. Tabitha Kilonzo, a 57-year-old mother of five, is one of the 255 members of the Kwa Mikuyu CBO Hub who grow sufficiently high-quality sorghum and green grams to meet market standards, thanks to Cereal Growers Association (CGA) training, which began in 2018. Tabitha has […]
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Good agricultural practices increase yield and Income Boniface Mutua Mbiti is a 48 year-old father of four children and a member of the Amuka Hub in Masue location, Makueni Sub-County, Makueni County. He earns most of his income from growing Sorghum and green grams on his 5 acre piece of land. He decided to venture
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For a long period of time, Kenya has depended on cereals like maize, sorghum and millet as a principle staple food. Household diets hugely rely on cereals as a main carbohydrate and starch source. In the recent past, production of this important crops has been hampered by factors including poor farming practices, non-use of quality
CGA and CABI Partnership for the Management of Fall Armyworm (FAW) among Cereal Farmers Read More »
Mid-June this year, President Uhuru Kenyatta assented into law the Warehouse Receipt System (WRS) Bill 2017. The WRS act will provide a legal framework for the development and regulation of a WRS to address marketing challenges associated with the grain sub-sector. The WRS is defined as “part of the whole of the process of depositing commodities
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By Ann Macharia Agriculture is among the main pillars of our economy; it contributes to 27 percent of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 65 percent of our total export earnings. The increasing human population has resulted in a decrease in the land to cultivate; this has led to scarcity especially due to real estate’s
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By Dr. James Mutegi Legumes are the most important household crops, especially in the drier areas. On average, farmers harvest less than a tonne per hectare while the potential for most legume producing regions could go up to 3.5 tonnes. Legumes require nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, sulphur and non-acidic soils. On average, a hectare of
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Maize is at the center of global food security, as one of the most important cereal crops in human and animal diets worldwide. Together with rice and wheat, it provides at least 30% of the food calories to more than 4.5 billion people in 94 developing countries. This includes 900 million poor consumers for whom
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By Timothy Njagi Maize is the cheapest source of calories among the cereal grains, making up about 65 percent of the total food calories consumed by households in Kenya. To meet this demand, maize is produced on 40 percent of the total crop area—mainly by smallholders. Kenya’s annual production target has been 40 million bags
Is The Importation of Maize in Kenya From East African Community Inevitable? Read More »
The TransFert Program From the 16th of June 2019 up until the 21st of June 2019, 40 representatives from Fert and Fert’s professional agricultural partner organizations met in Kenya for the fourth annual meeting of the TransFert program. TransFert is an annual program that brings together Fert’s professional agricultural partner organizations for exchange-based learning in
CGA Hosts The Fourth Annual Meeting of The TransFert Program Read More »
Why is Uganda and Tanzania producing more food than Kenya? Both countries enjoy a competitive and comparative advantage over Kenya when it comes to agricultural production. Uganda has a very favorable climate. It receives more rainfall owing to a higher forest cover. Uganda also has a bimodal planting calendar that allows two harvests of grain
Agricultural Productivity in Kenya: Where is The Rain Beating us? Read More »