Steady, reliable water supply in central Kenya’s Mwea Irrigation Scheme pushes up rice output
Currently, Kenya produces about 304,000 metric tonnes of rice annually against a national demand of approximately 1.3 million metric tonnes.
Kenya re-prioritises agriculture projects to address worsening drought in arid and semi-arid areas
Speaking in Malindi after a high-level meeting with the Council of Governors (CoG) Agriculture Committee and the ASAL Governors Caucus, Kagwe said leaders had agreed on the need to respond to current realities while laying permanent solutions to avert future crises.
Kenya unveils plans to put 20,000 acres under crop to ramp up food production in arid and semi-arid regions
One of the beneficiaries of the project Zawadi Wario, who is on her fourth month since she started working on the project expressed gratitude for the initiative by the government and private partners in creating job opportunities for the locals.
Ethiopia ignores Egyptian and Sudanese River Nile flow concerns to launch Africa’s biggest dam
Water experts in downstream Egypt say the dam has reduced the amount of water the country receives, and the government had to come up with short-term solutions such as reducing annual consumption and recycling irrigation water.
