Smart Farming Kenya

Market & Field

Commodity prices, fertiliser and pest pressure in Kenya, from market data and sensor readings rather than press releases.

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Water flowing along a furrow in dark tilled soil, with green crop rows and a treeline under cloudy sky

Input Economics

Why fertiliser prices differ so much between Kenyan counties

A bag of DAP can cost Sh2,500 at one depot and the full market rate at the next vendor, and the difference is rarely about which county either sits in. This piece works through the channels, what each one actually costs, and where a farm's own monitoring data changes the calculation.

11 August 2026 · 12 min