(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Kenyan households should prepare for further increases in food prices in the coming weeks as high fuel costs, rising production expenses and prolonged dry weather threaten supplies, even as farmers anticipate better harvests from the October to December rains. The Central Bank of Kenya’s September 2026 AgricultureContinue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Kenya is seeking to shift forestry from mainly a conservation activity to a source of investment, jobs and economic growth, backed by new climate funding, commercial tree growing plans and forest restoration projects. The country has approved $229 million (KES 29.6 billion / GBP 173.3 million) inContinue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – The Agricultural Society of Kenya (ASK) on Sunday held a Harvest Festival thanksgiving service at the ACK All Saints Cathedral in Nairobi, bringing together farmers, exhibitors and other agricultural sector stakeholders ahead of the Nairobi International Trade Fair. The thanksgiving service, which celebrates farmers’ contribution to foodContinue Reading
(MURANG’A, KENYA) – The government has challenged avocado processors operating in Murang’a County to stop treating waste as a burden and instead turn it into a source of jobs, income and new business opportunities. Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Dr Deborah Barasa said avocado waste could be convertedContinue Reading
(MERU, KENYA) – The Kenya Wildlife Service has translocated several white rhinos from Meru National Park to conservancies in Laikipia and Transmara as part of efforts to expand the species’ available habitat and ease pressure on existing rhino sanctuaries. The exercise was carried out by KWS veterinary and capture teamsContinue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – A KES 130 million ($1 million / GBP 790,000) insurance payout to Sun World Safaris after devastating floods at Mara Bush Camp has brought into focus the growing role of insurance in helping Kenyan businesses absorb the financial shock of extreme weather. First Assurance has paid moreContinue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Kenya has stepped up efforts to restore Nairobi’s rivers, with renewed emphasis on partnerships, improved waste management and protection of riparian areas to create cleaner and healthier urban ecosystems. Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Dr Deborah Mlongo Barasa and Lands, Public Works, Housing and UrbanContinue Reading
(NJORO, KENYA) – Egerton University’s Agro-Science Park, working with private and public industry partners, has developed high yielding, drought and disease resistant crop seed varieties as a measure for coping with the effects of climate change. Egerton University Director for Agro-Science Park Professor Paul Kimurto said the initiative was alsoContinue Reading
(MOUNT KENYA, KENYA) – A four day trek into Mount Kenya to raise funds for the conservation of the critically endangered mountain bongo has ended with calls to establish a viable, self sustaining population of the antelope in Kenya’s forests. The annual event is held in September each year toContinue Reading
(KARLSRUHE, GERMANY) – The Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) has received the 2026 Karlsruhe Sustainable Finance Award at the Global Sustainable Finance Conference in Germany, recognising its work to embed climate resilience into development finance. The award makes AFC the first Kenyan institution to attain certification under the Sustainability Standards andContinue Reading
