Farmers at the Coast will soon start growing hybrid coconut plants, which yield more than the local ones and mature faster. The hybrid coconut seeds imported from India have been introduced in the country by Micro Enterprises Support Programme Trust…
Established in the year 2002, the Micro Enterprises Support Programme Trust – MESPT – has purposefully continued to address among others, the gap in conventional lending with the objective of enhancing financial inclusion. The Trust is one of the major…
The need to mitigate against the vagaries that are associated with climate change (and to adapt to the same) has led to a huge appetite for green financing among policy makers and investors globally. In Kenya, there is a vibrant…
The first consignment of 6,000 hybrid coconut seeds from India has been shipped into the country, eliciting hopes for thousands of coconut farmers around the coast region. The consignment is currently at the port of Mombasa awaiting dispatch to…
Godfrey Nyang’ori is the AgriFi programmes manager at the Micro Enterprises Support Programme Trust (MESPT), which is implementing an initiative to boost food safety in 13 counties. He spoke to Brian Okinda on why farmers and consumers need to take food safety seriously…
Food safety refers to the production, handling, preparation and storage of foodstuffs in ways that best reduce the risk of diseases. Dangers of consuming unsafe food have been demonstrated in the rise of food-borne diseases such as cholera. Safety of…
Kenya has won the support of the Danish Government and the European Union (EU) to roll out a five-year programme to train farmers on safe food production. The offer comes at a time when the country is suffering from rising…
In a bid to ensure quality agricultural products for both domestic and export markets, Makueni has shifted gears to building food safety systems. According to governor Kivutha Kibwana, the aim of this campaign is to promote public health, and protecting…
Didas Mzirai was distressed to see mango farmers count losses while growing up in Taita Taveta County. He witnessed this problem firsthand when he was compelled to do menial jobs in the local markets after his parents left him with…
