Industry Dynamics

“The value of domestic horticulture production has been growing over the years as it is evidenced by the figures,” says Okesegere Ojepat, chief executive officer of Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) of Kenya.

ASAS Dairy Company is planning to introduce the Journalist Award to boost their dairy sector, through promoting of existing opportunities and attraction of more investments in the sector.

Two entrepreneurs have established a banana flour manufacturing company in Mutare as they drive value-addition.

According to the East African Tea Export Auctions report released last week, regional tea exports at the Mombasa Auction have increasing.

Morocco and India signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday in New Delhi,aiming at set cooperation between the two countries in the fields of mining and geology.

Kenya’s largest milk processor Brookside Dairies has increased producer prices to Sh37 from Sh26 a litre.The Kenyatta family-linked said this would attract farmers to sign delivery contracts, enabling Brookside to meet local and foreign demand for its dairy products.

According to the Cereal Growers Association (CGA),the short rain crop failed in Eastern due to insufficient rain in the last quarter of 2017 .Kenyans are likely to pay a premium for maize flour which normally supplements the main harvest.

The Ministry of Agriculture began implementing a contractual system for farming the cotton crop for the first time, and it contracted with private sector companies to sell the crop’s yield from 34,000 feddans.

Nigeria’s wheat production has seen an increase from less than 200,000 metric tonnes to close to one million metric tonnes this year,farmers and other stakeholders are making moves to increase the production to two million metric tonnes.