Soil and water scientists call for better resource management to raise agricultural output in Africa
Agriculture, climate and soil experts have called for urgent action to improve soil and water management, warning that rising climate pressures and increasing food demand are stretching Africa’s agricultural systems. Speaking at the Climate Smart Water Management and Sustainable Development for Food and Agriculture in East Africa (WATDEV) International Conference,...
Kenya’s 2026-27 budget picks agriculture as centrepiece of enhanced rapid economic growth
The cabinet secretary noted that the Kenyan economy has remained resilient, recording an average growth rate of 5.0 per cent between 2022 and 2025, outperforming the global average of 3.4 per cent and Sub-Saharan Africa’s 4.1 per cent over the same period.
State-owned KALRO teams up with Korean counterpart to develop pest control practices in Kenya
The programme dubbed “Development of pest monitoring and eco-friendly control technologies for Africa” will tone down the usage of very toxic chemicals farmers have been using by coming up with technologies that are friendly to the farmer that are also cost-effective.
Kenya races against time to meet rigid EU deforestation-free deadline for coffee exports
By boosting the consumption of ‘deforestation-free’ products and reducing the EU’s impact on global deforestation and forest degradation, the new regulation 2023/1115 on deforestation-free products aims to bring down greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss.
