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But 2021 is a new opportunity to try again.
Farming is generally a beneficial venture. It can however be more lucrative or offer better outcomes. For this to happen, a farmer has to pick the right speciality.
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Dairy Farming
2020 saw milk production go down: below demand. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya, on several occasions, urged dairy farmers to step up operations and produce more milk.
The Kenya Dairy Board confirmed to The Smart Harvest and Technology that indeed milk production has gone down.
“In January, 2020 we registered 63.4 million litres of milk,” Margaret Kibogy, the managing director of the board, said.
Crop diversification crucial to boosting exports, says lobby
Wednesday December 23 2020
By KEVIN ROTICH
Summary
The Kenya Export Promotion and Branding Agency (Keproba) plans to grow export earnings by expanding Kenya’s offerings and gaining new markets through e-commerce.
Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya (FPEAK) chief executive officer Hosea Machuki said substantial growth cannot be achieved by only relying on traditional exports such as tea, avocado, cut flowers, fish and cement, which form the country’s main export basket.
Kenya can achieve its target of growing exports by 6.5 percent annually if the agriculture sector diversifies to include non-traditional food products, a producers association has said.
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New gold rush for avocados as farmers mint billions
Avocado farmers delivering their harvest at Mulot, Narok West. [Robert Kiplagat, Standard]
Few things have been as exciting in agricultural circles as the scramble for growth of Hass avocado in Kenya.
Preferred in Europe where Kenya exports it, Hass avocado might as well be the new gold.
So much so that even the Kenya Prisons started an ambitious agricultural plan to boost the production of avocado with an eye on the export market by multiplying and distributing seedlings to agricultural communities.
On target is the Hass variety which is exclusively for export market and whose prices in the international market are higher compared to most fruits.
What trade deal with UK means for Kenya
Thursday December 10 2020
Cabinet Secretary for Industrialisation, Trade and Enterprise Development Betty Maina with UK s International Trade Minister Ranil Jayawardena during the signing of the new Kenya-UK trade deal in London, United Kingdom. Also present is Kenya s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Manoah Esipisu. PHOTO | POOL
By PAUL WAFULA
Kenyan fresh produce will enjoy duty free export to the UK post Brexit, and secure the Sh220 billion trade with the European nation following a new deal signed on Tuesday. This deal is very important for us. We negotiated for duty free, quarter free entry of Kenyan fresh produce into the UK and we got that, Mr Hosea Machuki, the CEO of the Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya (FPEAK), told delegates at the Kusi Ideas Festival in Kisumu.