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Farmers using groups to access exotic KALRO goats, multiplying output
Through groups and cooperatives, dairy goat farmers can cheaply acquire KALRO high-yielding exotic dairy goat breeds. These farmers pull their resources and purchase the research institute’s pedigree Togen or Alpine...
Beef prices soar on post-drought shortage
The severe 2020 – 2023 East African drought killed over 9.5 million livestock in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia by March of last year. This has caused a 48 per cent
Meru oilseed processor recruiting 1,000 sunflower farmers to plug waning production
Oilseed processor Rafikipay Ltd is looking to recruit 1,000 sunflower out-growers in Tharaka and Bura Irrigation Scheme. The farmers will be given free sunflower cultivation training and agronomic support then
Tropical sugarbeet: New crop opportunity for all counties
The introduction of tropical sugarbeet varieties has opened up its cultivation to millions of farmers in Rift Valley, Central, and Nyanza. Given that sugarbeets are more economical in sugar production
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