Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe now says that the government will gazette a 50 per cent waiver to allow the importation of at least 5.5 million bags of yellow maize. According to Kagwe ...

The government will allow the importation of 5.5 million bags of yellow maize for a year with a 50% duty waiver for importers. Mutahi Kagwe, the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock ...

The CS who appeared before the Senate Agriculture Committee to explain the reason as to why the government was planning to import 10 million bags of maize said that Kenya is not self-sufficient in ...

Workers slaving in the White Highlands were paid in Indian Rupees and bags of maize! These labourers began growing maize in their small backyard shambas and on returning shagz introduced maize ...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development will open imports of 5.5 million bags of yellow maize to ease pressure on the white variety of the commodity, whose prices have jumped by as ...

A snap survey reveals that the average price of a 50-kilogramme (kg) bag of maize in Malawi's cities and major towns now stands at K88,900, down from the record K110,000 recorded in mid-February ...

Bt maize has revolutionized pest control and many farmers have benefited, but some people remain skeptical of this new technology. Bacillus thuringiensis is a species of bacteria that produces ...

For example, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development is set to grant an exemption from the CET when it opens imports of 5.5 million bags of yellow maize to ease pressure on the white ...

Maize production rose by 38 per cent to 47.6 million bags in 2023. Agriculture PS said this follows requests from farmers concerning the increased prices.

According to Kagwe, this is in a bid to reduce the pressure on white maize, which is currently being used by humans and animals as feed. He said the imported yellow maize will be non-GMO and will ...