Wakulima Market (Marikiti): Nairobi’s Wholesale Heart of the Fresh Produce Trade
Known to traders simply as Marikiti, Wakulima Market is the wholesale heart of Nairobi’s fresh produce trade, drawing lorries of vegetables and fruit from across Kenya and neighbouring countries. This article examines its history, supply networks, congestion problems and the long-running relocation debate.
Crop Diversification in Kenya: Why Farmers Are Moving Beyond Maize and How It Strengthens Food Security
Crop diversification is emerging as one of the most important strategies for strengthening Kenya's food security, improving farmer incomes, and building agricultural resilience in the face of climate ...
Urban Agriculture in Nairobi: How City Farmers Are Feeding Communities and Building Sustainable Livelihoods
Urban agriculture has quietly become one of the most important features of Nairobi's food system, with hundreds of thousands of city residents growing crops and keeping livestock to feed their familie...
Drought and Famine in Kenya: Historical Patterns, Climate Change Impacts, and Emergency Response Systems
Drought and famine have shaped Kenya's history, politics, and development trajectory in ways that are often underappreciated by those unfamiliar with the harsh realities of life in the country's arid ...
Irrigation in Kenya: From Rain-Fed Agriculture to Modern Water Management Systems
Irrigation represents perhaps the single most transformative investment Kenya can make in its agricultural future, offering the potential to break the cycle of drought-induced food crises, unlock vast...
Agriculture in Kenya: Cash Crops, Food Security, and the Reforms Transforming Africa's Breadbasket
Agriculture is the lifeblood of Kenya's economy, sustaining millions of livelihoods and driving export earnings through tea, coffee, flowers, and horticultural products. Yet the sector faces enormous ...