World Food Day 2021 and your Food Security

We celebrate the world food day on 16th October each year. The day promotes a worldwide awareness about hunger, malnutrition, sustainability, and food production issues since 1979. Besides, it rallies a collective action to ensure there is an equal access of healthy diets for all. According to the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),…

Vertical farming in Kenya: What you need to know

How can you grow enough food for self-consumption and sale within urban areas?  In this blog article, we will discuss various vertical farming methods that are available for cheap food growing for urban people.  Urbanization is a key threat to food security. As more people migrate to towns, they buy small residential plots that are…

Best pumpkins varieties that are easy to grow.

Pumpkins are a nutritious and healthy meal. Its fruits are mature for harvest in 75 to 120 days after seed germination. We give the best pumpkin varieties for cooking and easy to grow in the following list. It shows the maturity time, yield potential (weight, fruit diameter) and other features like best use, tolerance and…

Is a Cereal Business Profitable in Kenya- 2025?

Are you wondering how profitable is a cereals business in Kenya? As a grain trader, your will make money byt trading in dry foods such as maize, bean, rice and lentils. Your main operations are to to buy, store, dry, re-bag, and transport them at a profit. In this free guide, we give you a…

What you need to know about agriculture projects?

Agcenture is launching a new segment on topics covering sustainable agriculture projects. As a preeminent consulting firm in the area, we will share our best practices, learning and experiences working in Kenya. We are an advisory firm offering business development services for business services for development partners funding, executing or partnering urban gardening projects, community…

Which is the Best small tractor for your farm?

A compact tractor is the most important machine to automate operations on your farm, factory or a ranch. They can carry loads, push and pull larger items in the farm than humans and other smaller machines like wheelbarrows or electric handcarts. If you operate a small piece of farm or want your farm to stay…

Agriculture laws and policies in Kenya

Which are the current laws and policies with a direct or indirect effect on agriculture in Kenya? This article is a mini compendium of all the rules and regulations that has an influence on prices of farm inputs and outputs, public investment, allocation of resources with a net effect on costs and revenues that farmers…