The Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) has officially reopened the seasonal harvesting and trading window for domestically produced macadamia nuts, ending a two-and-a-half-month closure imposed to ...

These situational pressures [farming cycles/transport] create fertile grounds for violence to erupt in households.

Mango farmers in Mwingi North, Kitui County, are onceagain counting losses as large quantities of ripe mangoes go towaste due to lack of a ready market.Farmers from the Itivanzou and Kamuwongo ...

Kenya launched a cashew revival plan based on improved seedlings and farmer support. Cashew production fell 13% to 7,803 tonnes in 2024, far below 2014 levels. Processing capacity stands at 45,000 ...

At just 23 years, Mr Musyoki Ndasya hopes that the 22-acre mango plantation left to him by his grandfather will make him and his family billionaires. He had to abandon his education at Form Four five ...

Introduction: Climate variability, soil degradation, and increasing pest and disease pressure threaten the sustainability of Arabica coffee production in East Africa. Eco-friendly farming ...

In Kenya, calves wander past roadside shops, the pastoralist herding them just behind. (Jake Zajkowski photo) Editor’s note: In his first “Farm and Planet” dispatch, Jake Zajkowski took us deep into ...

One of Kenya’s sweetest fruits has landed on British soil. For the first time, the country recently shipped a consignment of its famous Apple mangoes to the United Kingdom—a milestone that marks the ...

Rows of tea leaf fields in Kenya contribute one the world’s most popular hot beverages, green tea. (Jake Zajkowski photo) When I travel, I choose a notebook that will hold every idea and interview ...