The money was used to pay maize flour millers, but was not appropriated during the finalisation of Supplementary Estimates 1 ...

Kenya is set to import its first genetically modified maize, the trade cabinet secretary has said, as the government seeks to ease food shortages caused by the country's worst drought in 40 years.

Maize prices in Kenya have surged by KSh 400 amid rising competition between the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) ...

MWEA, Kenya, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Dick Olela has been growing maize on his four-acre piece of land in the Migori county in western Kenya for the last three decades but fears his livelihood could be ...

Maize crops being harvested at a farm at Kipkenyo village in Uasin Gishu county. Continued rains have affected the maize crop as most of it has rotten before being harvested. [PHOTO BY: KEVIN TUNOI] ...

Kenya's has authorised the importation of 540,000 tonnes of maize duty-free until August to forestall a looming shortfall, the finance minister said. NAIROBI, May 21 (Reuters) - Kenya's has authorised ...

The elections in August offered Kenyans a temporary distraction from some of the challenges the country is facing. At the top of these challenges is food insecurity. In 2022, the country has ...

When staple crops fail, everyone feels it. Farmers devastated after unexpected event wipes out essential crop: 'It's a huge ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - South Africa's government has authorised a firm to export 240,000 tonnes of genetically modified (GM) maize to Kenya, where GM imports remain controversial, a group opposed to the ...

The Kenyan government has called on citizens to start consuming other food products such as rice and potatoes, and not ugali, or maize meal flour, the national staple food. A prolonged shortage of ...

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