Cereals board announces plans to mop up 321,000 bags of wheat in Kenya’s South Rift as glut looms
During the meeting Kagwe announced plans to reduce importation of wheat by ensuring local farmers produce enough wheat to meet demand by millers from the current eight per cent to above 40 per cent.
‘Wildlife corridors’ are encouraged to support Kenya’s recovering animal populations
Lewa’s elephant population increased from 350 individuals in 2014 to over 450 in 2024, according to figures provided by the conservancy. Similar growth was seen among white and black rhinos, a major draw for visitors.
AfDB President Adesina says the bank is keen on boosting integration, economic transformation
During the meeting Amb Lang’at lauded the bank’s contribution to Kenya’s development and that of the entire continent, through high-impact financing across infrastructure, food production and economic inclusion of women and youth.
Kakamega County in western Kenya state partnership with IFAD in $7.3m livestock commercialisation project
Between independence in 1963 and the onset of World Bank-prescribed structural adjustment programmes in the early 1980s, western Kenya counties of Kakamega, Bungoma, Busia and Trans-Nzoia were leading producers of milk.
Market beckons Kenyan honey producers as US beekeepers report 62 per cent losses as winter wreaks havoc
It adds that respondents have lost 1.1 million colonies from late summer through winter, according to the data. Those losses account for 41 per cent of total colonies in the United States, Downey said during a YouTube livestream on Friday that covered survey results.
GMO crops are not resistant to pests after all, farmers discover as maize glut in US Corn Belt results in massive losses
rootworm resistance to Bt corn is documented in at least six states in the US Corn Belt, and 29 cases of resistance to Bt crops have been documented in 11 pest species in seven countries, he said. The scientists were surprised to find much higher levels of corn rootworm in the western Corn Belt compared to the east.
Surge in debt service costs sends Kenya into money market, is on verge of signing $1.5b UAE loan
By the end of June, Mbadi added, the government is expecting more than $950 million in funding from other external sources, including the World Bank, the African Development Bank, Italy and Germany.
How Big Pharma bribed physicians and specialists that lowered service quality, made healthcare consumers pay more
General payments can range from consulting and speaking fees to gifts, travel and meals. They also include royalties and licencing fees from sales of drug and medical device products based on an individual’s intellectual property.
Food security: Kenya’s Anti-Counterfeit Authority seizes fake fertiliser in Nairobi raid
According to the Authority, if these 19,000 counterfeit bags had entered the market as filled 50kg fertilizer bags, they would have amounted to 9.5 million kilometres of counterfeit fertilizer, defrauding unsuspecting farmers.
Trump’s tax on trade: Rationale ranges from raising money for tax cuts to bringing back manufacturing
The sweeping nature of Trump’s plans, hitting close trading partners and core industrial goods, has created the sort of uncertainty around the economic outlook that could push down business investment, a further drag on growth. That could, of course, be offset if firms see opportunity to avoid tariffs by moving operations to the US, a dynamic that would only be clear over time.
