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.

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Maize and Wheat Flour Market in Kenya, Forecast to 2020" report to their offering. The Kenyan maize and wheat flour ...

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 ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) For more than a year maize prices in Kenya and Malawi have been much higher compared with other countries in the east and southern Africa (ESA) region. Several factors ...

In Kenya, maize is a peculiar and enigmatic commodity. Its narratives fill media columns. In kitchens it is the dominant high-calorie ugali meal that faithfully sustains millions of Kenyans. Maize ...

Malawi, which already is suffering from food shortages, this week banned the import of unmilled maize from Kenya and Tanzania over concerns that the spread of maize lethal necrosis disease could wipe ...

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 ...

Nairobi is targeting to import a huge consignment of maize from Uganda to cushion her domestic grain deficit. The deficit is being attributed to low production in the growing areas of Kitale and Rift ...

Workers sort good maize from cobs affected by MLND at Moi's Bridge in Uasin Gishu County. As many as 70 per cent of farmers in the main growing regions may have been affected by the virus. [PHOTO: ...

Samuel Wathome 65, a small-scale farmer inspects his crop at his maize farm where he plants indigenous seeds at Kyeleni village of Machakos, Kenya December 13, 2022. Reuters Dick Olela has been ...

For more than a year maize prices in Kenya and Malawi have been much higher compared with other countries in the east and southern Africa (ESA) region. Several factors explain this. In Kenya, high ...