Safe food for a Healthy and Wealthy Nation

With support from the European Union (EU), Market Access Upgrade Program (MARKUP) Kenya joins the rest of the world in marking the World Food Safety Day. This year’s theme of

Clean Planting Material: A Focus on Macadamia

On a chilly morning along the Thika Kandara road is the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO) – run Practical Training Center. From the roadside, are well constricted story

MARKUP Spearheads Research on Aflatoxin Contamination

The mention of aflatoxin contamination often brings in mind maize, especially because it is this grain that is associated with food security, and therefore, receives a lot of attention. However,

EU-Supported MARKUP Program to Strengthen Extension Services

Extension Services providers play a key role in building the capacity of small, medium and large-scale growers to meet the required market standards and enhance sensitization on good agricultural practices

Youthful Woman Thrives in Herbs Production

On part of 15 acres of Viakwetu farm, 28-year-old Laura-Nelima Lubisa grows more than 15 varieties of herbs and spices. The varieties include rosemary, sage, lemon grass, lavender, lemon verbena,

Promoting Food Safety through IPM

MARKUP program is keen on promoting food safety along the whole value chain; from production to consumption. Among the ways of promoting food safety that this program will employ, is

Women Group offers Local Market for Herbs and Spices #IWD2021

On a Saturday morning at Ngata, along the Nakuru Eldoret estate, Sheila Khayi and Irene her friend, neighbor- cum business partner Irene Mashimba, are busy packing, weighing and labeling dried