5 counties carried the national coffee harvest this season.Kericho, Kirinyaga, Murang’a, Kiambu & Nyeri together supplied 464,684 bags (28,559 tonnes), which is 60% of national volume and earned $195.9 million (KES 25.3 billion), or 61% of national value. kilimonews.co.ke/general-new…

More than 400 students showcased agricultural innovations at the KALRO headquarters during a World Food Day event organised by the Kenya Australia Alumni Association (KAAA), under the theme "Innovate Today. Nourish Tomorrow.” kilimonews.co.ke/general-new…

Sale 2 of the 2026/2027 season at the @ncoffeeexchange offered 15,072 bags (932,861 kg) across 958 lots from 15 marketing agents. The gross value was US$5.35 million, about KES 695 million. The average price was US$287 per 50kg bag. kilimonews.co.ke/agricultura…

At Sale 40 on Tuesday, 15 September, the Nairobi Coffee Exchange moved 17,013 bags, 1,050,107 kilos of clean coffee for USD 6,645,464, or about KSh 860 million kilimonews.co.ke/general-new…

Agriculture Principal Secretary Dr Paul Ronoh said Sh4.5 billion had already been disbursed, with Sh1 billion allocated to the factory modernisation programme and the balance directed towards fertiliser subsidies. kilimonews.co.ke/agriculture…

In 2025, China imported 271,700 tonnes of coffee and coffee products worth $2.06 billion, a 16% rise in volume and a startling 57% jump in value, according to the China Chamber of Commerce of Foodstuffs and Native Produce. kilimonews.co.ke/general-new…

Nyeri County and Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (DeKUT) are developing an AI-powered Early Warning System that will enable farmers to receive timely alerts on the risk of coffee leaf rust. kilimonews.co.ke/counties/ny…

Kakuzi Plc has broken ground on a 30-acre greenhouse development as part of its Blueberry crop production strategy. kilimonews.co.ke/agriculture…

Uganda is bracing for a wetter-than-normal September-to-December season, with delayed rains expected to intensify from late October through November and continue into early January 2027, the Ministry of Water and Environment has warned. kilimonews.co.ke/general-new…

Kenya is seeking to purchase 10.8 million 90-kg bags of maize from Zambia immediately to bridge a projected supply deficit, following expectations of a below-normal harvest. kilimonews.co.ke/general-new…

Pig farmers in Vihiga County have been put on high alert following a suspected outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Sabatia Sub-County, after 16 pigs died at a farm in Vokoli sub-location. kilimonews.co.ke/general-new…

Rwanda’s agricultural exports generated $1.1 billion between July 2025 and June 2026, marking a 24.3 per cent increase from the $893 million recorded in the previous fiscal year. @RwandAgriExport kilimonews.co.ke/agriculture…

Sale 35 at the @ncoffeeexchange (NCE) put 20,829 bags on the floor. 1,279,470 kilos of clean coffee in 1,148 lots, and every bag found a buyer, earning USD 9,046,620, or about KSh 1.17 billion at the day’s rate of roughly 129.3 to the dollar. kilimonews.co.ke/general-new…

The Government has identified 18 counties considered highly vulnerable to the potential impacts of a strong El Niño event expected to bring above-normal rainfall to parts of Kenya from October 2026. kilimonews.co.ke/general-new…

Nakuru County has moved to accelerate the implementation of its agroecology agenda with the launch of a stakeholder mapping framework, an implementation framework and a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) framework. kilimonews.co.ke/environment…

Savannah Honey Beekeeping Limited has been recognised as the Leading Beekeeping Enterprise of the Year 2026 kilimonews.co.ke/general-new…

Kenya’s pest control products industry through @CropLifeKenya challenges a report claiming that 78% of vegetables sampled from markets contained detectable pesticide residues arguing that the findings never said whether the produce poses any health risk kilimonews.co.ke/science-and…

Achieng’s family ventured into commercial pumpkin farming. Her mother had secured a contract to supply pumpkins, and the family invested heavily in producing the crop. The harvest was successful, yielding 50 tonnes. Then the buyer disappeared kilimonews.co.ke/agribusines…

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Sale 32 closed on Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (@ncoffeeexchange) with 650 of the catalogue’s 655 lots finding buyers 12,120 bags weighing 747.33 tons, worth USD 5,326,303, or roughly KSh 689 million kilimonews.co.ke/general-new…