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Agriculture in Kenya. Potatoes harvested from a Kenyan farm. 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 ...
Website. www .jkuat .ac .ke. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology ( JKUAT) is a public university that is situated in Juja, 36 kilometres northeast of Nairobi, along the Nairobi- Thika SuperHighway, off Exit 15. [1] [2] It offers courses in Technology, Engineering, Science, Commerce, Management and Building sciences.
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]
Apollo Agriculture believes it can attain profits by helping Kenya's smallholder farmers maximize theirs. Founded in 2016, Apollo Agriculture offers a mobile-based product suit for farmers that ...
Digital agriculture, sometimes known as smart farming or e-agriculture, [1] is tools that digitally collect, store, analyze, and share electronic data and/or information in agriculture. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has described the digitalization process of agriculture as the digital agricultural revolution. [2]
In June 2000, the company changed its name to Kenya Tea Development Agency Holdings Limited (KTDA (H) Ltd) in line with the recommendations made by a Government constituted tea industry task force of 2007. It is a public limited liability company owned by 54 corporate shareholders, who are KTDA’s affiliated tea-producing factories.
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 ...
By 1955, the name had changed to Egerton Agricultural College. A one-year certificate course and a two-year diploma course in agriculture were offered. In 1958, Lord Egerton donated another 1,100 acres (4.5 km 2) of land. Soon afterwards, the college opened its doors to people of all races from Kenya and other African countries.