$2 Million investment in fertiliser financing for Kenyan smallholders

Fertiliser financing: Fertiliser distribution agent Apollo displays products in a Nairobi retail shop (Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

An investment in fertiliser financing aims to support the distribution of over 7,000 tonnes of fertilisers, benefiting around 100,000 smallholder ...

Women attend a UNFPA-supported integrated community health outreach session on prevention and response to gender-based violence. Lokapararai village, Turkana county, Kenya. Photo: Supplied/UNFPA Kenya

Drought puts Kenyan newborns at risk

by Staff Reporter

28 December 2022

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Heading into its 5th year of extreme drought, hunger is taking its toll on pregnant women and their newborns in ...

Staff of Ecobank Kenya Limited and Kenya Red Cross attended the symbolic handover of Sh 1 million (more than $800) to aid millions of people facing starvation due to prolonged drought in the country. Photo: Supplied

Drought relief for 4 million Kenyans

by Staff Reporter

2 November 2022

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Ecobank Kenya has donated one million shillings to the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) to fight drought-related famine. It is ...

With hundreds of thousands of Kenyans forced to move in search of survival, vulnerable women and girls have little to no access to critical health facilities or protection and support services – at the very time they need them the most. Photo: Supplied/UNFPA Kenya

Crops fail, livestock lost in drought-hit Kenya

by Staff Reporter

24 October 2022

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Women and girls are bearing the brunt of the worst drought experienced in Kenya for 40 years, which is exacerbating ...

Better regional integration of markets would allow farmers, like South African soya bean producer Keabetswe Mokgatla, to realise fairer prices for the food they produce. It will also ease price spikes that threaten food security in some countries. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi

Regional markets: Farmers get a raw deal

by Grace Nsomba and Simon Roberts

3 October 2022

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Poor regional integration in southern and east Africa is not only causing unfair pricing for farmers. The resulting price spikes ...

What started as an informal Facebook group has become a vibrant online market community in East Africa called Mkulima Young.

East Africa’s vibrant digital one-stop for farmers

by Gaby Ndongo

27 October 2022

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What started as an informal Facebook group has become a vibrant online market community in East Africa called Mkulima Young.

Although maize yields in sub-Saharan Africa's main three exporters are down sharply, there is still enough surplus to supply the region in 2022. Photo: Supplied/FoodForAfrika.com

Maize yields decline in Southern, East Africa

by Staff Reporter

16 August 2022

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South African agricultural economist Wandile Sihlobo writes that the most significant maize producers in Southern and Eastern Africa are looking ...

‘Carbon loans’ offer win-win for climate, farmers

by Staff Reporter

12 August 2022

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A Dutch multinational banking services company and a UK-supported, Nairobi-based non-profit is teaming up to encourage farmers to adopt climate ...

About 70 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa consider maize to be a staple food, making it a significant cereal crop there. Photo: Pixabay

Helping Kenyan farmers to weed out maize disease

by Lucinda Dordley

25 July 2022

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Maize lethal necrosis (MLN) is a devastating plant disease that surfaced in Kenya 10 years ago. Given its power to ...

Farmer Japeth Owidi makes use of a solar-powered pump to ease the labour-intensive strain of farming. Photo: Supplied/FuturePump

Kenyan farmers score big with solar water pumps

by Gaby Ndongo

27 July 2022

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Labour-intensive and fruitless days are over for small-scale farmers in Kenya who have seen the light with solar-powered water pumps. ...

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