Kenya has 7.4 million ha of land for use in agriculture. Only 14% is comprised of farms above 100ha. There is still another 5.8 million ha suitable for farming. This is according to the National Spatial Plan of 2015.
STILL NOT RESOLVED
SOME OF THE REASONS WHY NIGERIAN AGRO PRODUCTS ARE THE MOST EXPENSIVE IN THE WORLD MARKETS...
For example, 2kg of pineapple 🍍 from Costa Rica about 12 hours flight to London is £0.95 - £1.10 in most supermarkets. 2kg of pineapple 🍍 from Nigeria about...
Helping smallholder farmers increase output and reduce wastage will not count for much unless these farmers have better access to markets.
@NextBillion
Pesticides not approved in the EU due to their unacceptable health or environmental effects should no longer be allowed to be sold to countries outside the EU.
We support Germany’s move to prohibit the export of EU-banned pesticides.
#BannedForEU=BannedForAll! #ToxicBusiness
A chance to learn from different cultures and take away a recipe from another part of the world to share with your family and friends. At 50 Euros, register using the link: https://t.co/LwBN0cmXtx
DM us if you have any questions.
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#farm2fork#live#cookingexperience
A virtual culinary journey exploring Swahili cuisine from the coastal region in Kenya. Chef Audrey, @kikwetukitchen and our very own @Mailumailu, give you a cooking class on Swahili dishes as you connect, meet, play and eat with people from across the globe via Zoom.
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We have been working to create safe food value chains that especially benefit farmers while providing consumers with much needed transparency.
Our app is on the beta stage and we are inviting farmers to download and test.
https://t.co/fwru7lBseQ
#Foodsafety#Foodsafiapp
Preparations for Farm to Fork are underway.
Our to do list for the day is short and simple:
1️⃣🟢Cook some mouth watering biriyani
2️⃣🟢Engage with our lovely audience
#Farm2Fork#SultanGreen#FarmtoTable
We are back again with another segment of our show Farm to Fork where we cook delicious meals online with our audience.
As always, we have a day of fun recipes & cooking tips from Chef Audrey & sous-chef @mailumailu to share with everyone !
#SultanGreen#FarmToTable#Farm2Fork
Last week, I was in a meeting with 2 of the largest fresh produce exporters in Kenya. They told us how we can feed everyone all year round and have a food surplus in Kenya,if the Ministry of Agric can be more organized and serious about the sector. We have fertile land &...🧵
Insurance offers the best options in de-risking lending to farmers but we need to engage via value chains. Generic products don’t work. There should be Potato VC Insurance that addresses the sector's unique needs and recognizes its economic importance @Agri_FinanceKe@CICGroupPLC
Chef Audrey Atis👩🏾🍳 took the online audience through the steps of making the perfect biryani.
@mailumailu 🧑🏾🍳was the perfect sous-chef.
{Also, DYK if you put a spoon in your mouth when you cut onions you won’t cry ? …Well now you do 😊}
#FarmToFork#FarmToTable#SultanGreen
Yesterday we had another segment of #FarmToFork where we cooked some mouth watering biryani.
We cooked one version coupled with chicken & potatoes as well as vegetable biryani which consisted of scrumptious vegetables.
The kitchen was bursting with aromatic flavour ♨️