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Farm to Feed: Helping farmers find a market for ‘bad’ & excess produce
Working with 800 Kenyan farmers Farm to Feed (FTF) is helping provide a ready market for imperfect and surplus produce that would otherwise go to waste helping raise the farmers’...
Kenya’s sugar production to increase 40% owing to historic harvest
Kenya’s sugar production is expected to increase by 40 per cent through April 2025 to 750,000 metric tons (MT) due to a historic harvest of 190,000 hectares. This increase in
Processors pivot to more economical high-oil-content sunflower varieties
Sunflower processors are shifting to new high-oil content sunflower varieties that are more economical to process. Previously, Kenyan farmers almost exclusively grew Kenya Fedha sunflowers. Readily available in agro-shops, this
Western Kenya farmers grow black streak resistant bananas, avert 90% losses
Smallholder banana farmers in Western Kenya can avoid losses by growing Black leaf streak (BLS) resistant varieties. The varieties are FHIA 23 – dessert, FHIA 01 – gold finger and
