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How I got a title deed after buying 24 acres
By Henry Jami Mang’eni Only 63 per cent of Kenya’s land has a title, which makes it hard for farmers to buy land. However, if you are looking to buy...
Scientists recommend eating maize hairs to keep off kidney diseases
Scientists have found that eating the annoying strings at the top of maize cobs improves kidney health, offering hope to four million Kenyans suffering from kidney disease. A study published...
Laikipia poultry farm sprays garlic, thyme & mint to kill off chicken keepers’ nightmare
A poultry farm has rid itself of mites, which had killed 569 of its laying chickens, chicks, and ducks, by using an organic pesticide mixture of garlic, thyme, and peppermint...
Kenya Met advises farmers to delay planting to early April
Farmers in all parts of Kenya except the Western sector have been warned to wait until April before planting their crops as the March- April- May 2025 long rain season...
Tomato farmer reports quarter jump in tomato harvests adding egg shells and bones
A farmer in Kiambu has increased his tomato harvest by one-quarter by improving the calcium of his soil with eggshells and bones. Ethan Njeru, who grows greenhouse tomatoes at his...
Nakuru dairyman pumps up his milk 30% shifting to red napier
A dairy farmer has increased his milk output by 30 per cent by replacing green Napier with red Napier. After replacing his acre of regular Napier with red Napier last...
Leading chilli exporter recruiting hundreds of new farmers to meet growing demand
By Fadhili Fredrick A leading chili processing and export company is looking for more farmers in Kenya to meet the growing demand of the product for its export market. Equator...
Family farms sink as foot-and-mouth sweeps Nyeri
By Francis Ndungu Farmers in Nyeri County are losing up to ten dairy cows in a day to foot-and-mouth disease with the county’s veterinary officers reporting that after years of...
Roundup of agriculture jobs in Kenya– 4th March, 2025
1. Position: Learn pathway lead Employer:SNV Netherlands development organisation Location: Nairobi The LEARN Pathway Lead is a senior position which involves engaging with partners at high-level to rethink the learnings...
Health-seeking farmers grow ‘apple sweet potato’ to manage diabetes
Farmers are growing a sweet potato lookalike crop most Kenyans have never heard of, yacon, to manage diabetes by replacing sugar with natural sweetener made from the tuber. Since replacing
Timau avocado farm deploys used engine oil to kill its biggest pest menace
By Francis Ndungu A small-scale avocado export farm is using lightbulb-lit tins of used diesel oil to get rid of the false codling moth, which had been savaging export volumes.
FarmBiz kicks off countrywide farm tours targeted at doubling farmer profits
FarmBizAfrica, with its agenda of reporting ways for farmers to double production and reduce costs and find markets for their crops, is launching a series of farm tours to the
Can Kenya’s rumex farmers be saved?
Hundreds of Mt. Kenya farmers have been left with ‘unsellable’ rumex plants that they planted in March last year after the buyer, Salushi Empowerment Organisation, sold them a seedling at
Homa Bay farmer provides market for 130 sorghum growers with Sh1M Youth Fund loan
A farmer in Homabay has moved from supplying two tons of sorghum to EABL to 35 tons in half-a year providing a market for 130 other sorghum growers thanks to
Tour shows farmers how to make bamboo vinegar fertilisers and pesticides
Kenyan experts are running a demo day showing farmers how to make bamboo smoke, which Ugandans combine with chicken tea to blend a perfect organic fertiliser and pesticide that is
Farmer halves onion planting costs with home-made drum roller
An onion farmer has cut her spend on farm workers making onion transplanting holes from Sh12,000 an acre to about Sh5,000 as well as halving her planting time thanks to
Digging in weeds ahead of planting lifts maize yields 40%
Farmers are increasing their maize yields by 40 per cent by letting weeds grow and digging them back in giving their farms some free manure. Albert Rotich, a maize farmer
Strawberry farmers apply crushed eggshells to kill off snails
By Francis Ndungu A strawberry farm in Laikipia uses crushed eggshells to keep off snails and slugs that had been feasting on their export fruits. Baraka’a production manager Raphael Osongo
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