Ministry of Agriculture will finance state corporations to put 500,000 acres of their idle land under maize production even as the government seeks to lease out more chunks of unutilised farms to the private sector.
Au Kenya, l’accord du gouvernement kenyan avec la Zambie pour la production de maïs sur 20 000 hectares continue de susciter la polémique. Après la société civile, c’est au tour de Greenpeace Africa de monter au créneau pour critiquer vertement cette entente.
Communication Manager Hellen Dena said it was unsettling for the ministry to lease land in Zambia when Kenya has about 5.8 million hectares of fertile land.
Le Kenya vient de conclure un accord avec la Zambie pour bénéficier d’une allocation de 20 000 hectares de terres agricoles.
Zambia has allocated 20,000 hectares of land to large-scale farmers in Kenya to start growing maize which will be exported in the country.
The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has approved the sale of more than 100 hectares of Karuturi Flower Farm in Naivasha by Shalimar Flowers.
The Competition Authority of Kenya has given a ray of hope to more than 3,000 workers of Karuturi Flowers (200 ha) after it approved its purchase by Shalimar Flowers Kenya Limited.
Despite objections by numerous community organisations and representatives, Siaya Kenya's National Land Commission will provide Lake Agro Ltd 17,250 acres of land at the Yala Swamp for agricultural use in a 66 years lease agreement.
Assets up for grabs include a 70-hectare piece of land and greenhouses sitting on 26 hectares of land
« Ils sont les pionniers de l’accaparement des terres »
The partnership is between UK investment group United Green and Kisumu County 42 Lake Ventures Company will include primary farms that will integrate with 100,000 hectares of surrounding farming communities via a unique smallholder farmer scheme.
Stanbic Bank has received the nod to proceed with a piecemeal auction of assets of one of Kenya’s largest flower farms, Karuturi Limited to recover a Sh1.6 billion debt.
