NAIROBI, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Kenya aims to create about 350,000 jobs and invest 30 billion Kenyan shillings (about 232.5 million U.S. dollars) through the revival of the country's ailing cashew nut ...

NAIROBI, April 11 (Reuters) - Kenya will spend $140 million to roll out an expanded insurance scheme for livestock farmers to cushion them against the vagaries of frequent droughts, officials said on ...

Kenya’s President William Ruto has announced plans to vaccinate 22 million cattle and 50 million goats and sheep next year, urging livestock keepers to prepare for the campaign. He said the initiative ...

Habiba Jattani with cattle at a livestock market in Isiolo County. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard] Reducing direct government's influence and developing a data monitoring tool have been identified as ...

Cattle for export to Mauritius at the port of Mombasa. Kenya recently secured an export deal with Egypt, where 10 tonnes of beef are exported to the country weekly. Photo/FILE Kenya has secured new ...

An index-based livestock insurance program in Kenya, which was launched with the backing of the World Bank and with reinsurance from Swiss Re (OTCPK:SSREF), has been triggered and will pay out $2 ...

Kenya's vibrant livestock sector, which supports an estimated 25 million livelihoods and contributes 42 per cent to the national agricultural Gross Domestic Product (GDP), has not been attracting ...

Agriculture and Livestock Development CS Mutahi Kagwe underscored the role of the institute in cementing the country's position as an animal vaccines producer. Kagwe revealed that Kenya is already ...

The Government of Kenya has formally exited the COMESA Sugar Safeguard regime after 24 years, marking a policy shift for the ...

Thefts of livestock spurred violent clashes Saturday in Kenya, resulting in the torching of approximately 200 houses and at least two deaths, the Red Cross said. The clashes between Maasai and ...