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Kenya has once again written to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) seeking protection against importation of cheap sugar from the region.
The Government will in August resume the rollout of the Mwananchi Gas Project that is aimed at increasing the number of households using cooking gas.
Acute sugar shortage makes a huge influence in Makueni County of Kenya. The price of sugar is going up. It not only causes problems to retailers, but also consumers.
Kenyan farmers used to grow macadamia trees to shade their coffee bushes. Now they are making so much from the nuts that they are abandoning the beans. China's demand promotes the development of Kenya macadamia industry.
While millions of Kenyans are struggling to cope with drought-induced hunger, post-harvest wastage remains widespread in Kenya due to poor storage and handling, transport, and fungi attack. Actually, Kenya is importing cereal using hard-to-come-by foreign currency.
Fresh Produce players have raised alarm how fresh produce rejects barred from international markets.Fresh Produce Consortium of Kenya Consortium are in consultation with local supermarkets and producers to ensure that what is sold in the local market also meets international stan...
“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.
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.