Sunflower-soybean initiative to curb edible oil import bill

2026-03-13 - 12:06

Agriculture and Livestock Development has launched an initiative to accelerate sunflower, soybean, and other oil‐crop production. Kenya currently consumes roughly 600,000 metric tonnes of edible oils each year, yet more than 90–95 percent of that demand comes from imports, a costly reliance that the government says must change. Speaking during the opening of the Kilimo...