Incoherent policies draw back gains in smallholder farming

Incoherent policies draw back gains in smallholder farming

Read full article by Njagi@Bujsines Daily File Photo: NMG The government plays a dual role in ensuring that agricultural production remains profitable and consumers, especially those in urban areas, enjoy affordable prices. To attain these objectives, the government...
Food processing company taps into health trend with millet snacks

Food processing company taps into health trend with millet snacks

Read full article@HowWeMadeItInAfrica Photo Credit: Akimaa Africa Irene Etyang is the founder of Akimaa Africa, a Kenya-based company that produces snack foods from millet, a cereal crop. Akimaa’s flagship product is a gluten-free millet bar. It has also diversified...
County Unveils COVID 19 Food Plan

County Unveils COVID 19 Food Plan

Read full article By Anne Mwale @Kenya News Agency Photo: ICRISAT The County government of Nakuru has launched an Agricultural Enterprises Support Programme targeted at ensuring production of staple food crops such as maize, wheat and vegetables was not interrupted...
How colonial policies eclipsed millet, sorghum

How colonial policies eclipsed millet, sorghum

Read full article by Peter Ndege@Daily Nation Photo Credit: Nation Media Group Farmers admire healthy sorghum crop at the Ngong Agricultural Harambee Showground in the 1980s. Millet and sorghum became popular and widely grown in Kenya because of their distinct...
New Hybrid Seeds For Sorghum And Millet Farmers

New Hybrid Seeds For Sorghum And Millet Farmers

Read full article by Roselyne Kavoo @ Kenya News Agency PC: KNA International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has developed new parental hybrid lines for sorghum and pearl millet expected to increase yields by over 70 percent among...
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