By Kimuri Mwangi Granot International Company, one of the biggest producers and packers of avocados has officially launched its operations in Kenya. Granot operates the largest avocado packing house in Israel and produces one-third of Israel’s total avocado yield. With an annual revenue of more than USD 1.5 billion, it is one of the largest […]

Heifer International announced the winners of the 2023 AYuTe Africa Challenge Kenya in a Gala Awards ceremony held in Nairobi. The global non-profit organization working to end hunger and poverty in low- and middle-income countries awarded cash grants and scholarships to eight winners. This year’s winners were drawn from two categories namely ideation and product-stage. […]

By Kimuri Mwangi Winners from the CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator’s first cohort of agribusinesses from East and Southern Africa have been announced. The program supports agribusinesses in their climate-smart solutions to the farmers that they work with within their supply chains as well as to the broader ecosystem. “We thought of how we could attract more […]

Mark Zuckerberg, the Co-founder of social media network Facebook has announced his entry into farming. Zuckerberg announced through the social media network that he had started raising cattle at Ko’olau Ranch on Kauai, and his goal is to create some of the highest quality beef in the world. He has also become a macadamia farmer […]