TheDairySite Latest News: Kenya
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Cell Phones Revolutionizing Kenya’s Livestock SectorKENYA - Farmers and veterinarians across Africa are increasingly using cell phones to issue alerts quickly about possible animal disease outbreaks at a very early stage and to track wide-scale vaccination campaigns....
Friday, April 27, 2012
Kenya's Milk Production on the RiseKENYA - President Mwai Kibaki has commended dairy farmers in the country for increased milk production rising from two billion litres in 2002 to about five billion litres last year. ...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Kenya Uses GPS to Tackle War Against Cattle TheftKENYA - A new system of tracking stolen livestock in regions prone to rustling will be launched this year....
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Dairy Cooperative On Verge Of CollapseKENYA - The Limuru Dairy Farmers Cooperative Society is on the verge of collapse because of heightened competition in milk processing and a sharp increase in middlemen, who take over 60 per cent of the firm's daily milk supply....
Friday, October 21, 2011
Farmers Receive Payouts For Livestock LossesKENYA - In the midst of a drought-induced food crisis affecting millions in the Horn of Africa, an innovative insurance program for poor livestock keepers is making its first payouts today, providing compensation for some 650 insured herders in northern...
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Herders Paid For Conserving Land In New SchemeKENYA - Kenya’s pastoral herders are being paid for conserving their wildlife-rich rangelands for livestock and wildlife alike in innovative new schemes....
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Farmers May Soon Receive First Drought PayoutKENYA - Insurers will assess in October whether Kenyan farmers signed up to the Index-Based Livestock Insurance scheme will receive their first payment, after the worst drought in the region for 60 years. ...
Thursday, June 09, 2011
NFUS Links With Kenyan Farming CommunityKENYA - A delegation from NFU Scotland is in Kenya to view first hand the challenges that face pastoral farming and agriculture in the country and identify if the Union can contribute to ongoing improvements to farming in the region in the future....
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Kenya Dairy Sector To Quadruple In SizeKENYA - The Kenyan dairy sector could more than quadruple in size and earn the country in excess of Ksh300 billion, according to a report launched by Tetra Pak East Africa, a leading food processing and packaging solutions company reports Kenya Broadcasting...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Identify Livestock Genes To Protect Against NaganaKENYA - An international research team using a new combination of approaches has found two genes that may prove of vital importance to the lives and livelihoods of millions of farmers in a tsetse fly-plagued swathe of Africa the size of the United States....
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Livestock Insurance Scheme Wins Innovation Award KENYA - A novel livestock insurance scheme for poor pastoral herders in Kenya’s Marsabit District, initiated by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) with private sector and other partners, has won the inaugural Vision 2030 ICT Innovation...
Monday, October 18, 2010
Kenya's Dairy Sector Worth $230millionKENYA - The Kenya dairy industry is making a turnover of over Ksh. 17 billion (US$230 million), following a policy change six years ago....
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Improved Dairying Empowers Farmers In Rift ValleyKENYA - The East African Dairy Development project which is implemented by Heifer International in partnership with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), TechnoServe, the World Agroforestry Centre and the African Breeders Service Total...
Monday, September 13, 2010
Greener Pastures And Better Breeds Reduce CarbonKENYA - A new study by the International Livestock Research Institute has found that reductions in greenhouse gases could be worth $1 billion dollars to poor livestock farmers if they could sell saved carbon on international markets....
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Poor Insemination Methods Threaten Dairy IndustryKENYA - Poor artificial insemination methods and farmers’ reluctance to breed male cows are holding back growth of dairy sector seen as a revenue stream for many poor Kenyans. ...
Monday, October 05, 2009
Ministry Stops Buying CattleKENYA - The Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) has suspended the off-take scheme aimed at buying cattle and slaughtering them at the buying centres after the ministry of Livestock Development ran out of cash....
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Kenya to Establish Disease-free ZonesKENYA - The Kenyan Government is making fresh attempts to establish livestock disease-free zones to expand the country's beef export market....
Monday, March 30, 2009
Kenya to Export Dairy Products to ZambiaKENYA - Kenya will start exporting dairy products to Zambia, top officials of both states have said. ...
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Kenyan Cattle Gene Imports RocketKENYA - Kenyan imports of dairy genetics are growing at 11 per cent annually. The United States is the largest exporter of dairy genetics to Kenya and holds 73 per cent share. Kenyan farmers and consumers view U.S. products as high-quality....
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Troubled Kenya: Drought, Violence and Feed CostsKENYA - Poor Rains in Kenya are threatening to cost the dairy industry billions of shillongs in lost exports to the East African region, but there are other factors compounding the problem....
Monday, March 10, 2008
Kenyan Dairy Sector Struggling to SettleKENYA - Joseph Ngera, a Nakuru based large-scale farmer, has failed to deliver milk to the processing factory since the beginning of the year when his entire herd of cows was stolen by raiders who took advantage of the recent post-election violence. ...
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Violence Hit Kenya's Once Viabrant Dairy SectorKENYA - Closed roads, burnt down animal feeds shops and either abandoned farms or slain animals, some of which having their meaty parts chopped off bit by bit even as they graze unattended to. This is the story explaining Kenya’s once vibrant dairy...
Monday, February 18, 2008
Livestock Traders Count Sh260m Losses in KenyaKENYA - Traders in Narok have lost about Sh260 million since violence erupted in several parts of the country. ...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Unrest Affects Milk Deliveries in KenyaKENYA - Milk deliveries to New Kenya Cooperative Creameries Eldoret depot have declined by half, due to post election violence in parts of the North Rift region reports The Nation. ...
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Kenya Dairy Production Shoots UpKENYA - Stabilised milk market prices and use of modern dairy techniques by dairy farmers have seen milk production in Kenya shoot to 3.7 billion litres up from 2.5 billion five years ago. ...
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Cattle Breeders in Embryo Exchange Pact With S. AfricaKENYA - The Veterinary Department has stepped up efforts to improve dairy sector productivity through imports of Ayrshire embryos from South Africa. ...
Friday, November 16, 2007
EU Set to Milk Region With Subsidised Goods?KENYA - "Dairy farmers in Kenya are doing well now," says Peter Wanyeki, as he flashes a big smile. "Before, when we went home to the village, you could never take enough money with you. Everybody was poor. But now the situation is different. The dairy...
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Milk Sector Recovery Creates Demand for HeifersKENYA - Growing demand for high-yielding dairy animals has caused a severe shortage of heifers in the country, forcing prices to nearly double in three years. ...
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