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The Galana Kulalu Project is a US$52,670,000 project by the government of Kenya in partnership with the private sector aimed at providing Food Security. The National Irrigation Authority is the implementing agency. On completion the scheme is set to be the biggest in east and southern Africa and a major milestone for Kenya in attaining food ...
Ministry of Agriculture (Kenya) The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries or simply the Ministry of Agriculture ( MOA or MoA) is a government ministry of Kenya. Its head office is in the Kilimo House in Nairobi. [1]
Agriculture in Kenya dominates Kenya's economy. 15–17 percent of Kenya's total land area has sufficient fertility and rainfall to be farmed, and 7–8 percent can be classified as first-class land. [1] [2] In 2006, almost 75 percent of working Kenyans made their living by farming, compared with 80 percent in 1980. [1]
2009 Kenyan Maize Scandal. This was a scandal in Kenya that became public in January 2009, over the sale of imported maize. In late 2008, the ban on importation of maize was lifted by the government to allow capable businessmen to import maize to supplement the local produce that was short of the minimum required to satisfy the local market.
The Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) was a spending plan initiated by the Government of Kenya to boost economic growth and lead the Kenyan economy out of the 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis and the Great Recession. [1] It was introduced in the 2009/2010 Budget Speech [2] in parliament by Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta.
Tea pickers in Kenya's Mount Kenya region, for the Two Degrees Up project, to look at the impact of climate change on agriculture. Climate change is posing an increasing threat to global socio-economic development and environmental sustainability. Developing countries with low adaptive capacity and high vulnerability to the phenomenon are ...
Peter Gatirau Munya (born 1969) is the immediate former Cabinet Secretary of Kenya 's Ministry of Agriculture. He took over the ministry on 14 January 2020 after being transferred from the Ministry of Trade and Industrialization. He also served in the same capacity in the ministry of East African Community and Northern Corridor Development.
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa. AGRA, formerly known as the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa is an African-led African-based organization that seeks to catalyse Agriculture Transformation in Africa. AGRA is focused on putting smallholder farmers at the centre of the continent's growing economy by transforming agriculture from ...