Farmbizafrica was recently feted in the Africa Climate Change and Environmental Reporting media awards that were organized by the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) and funded by United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) among other sponsors. Bob Koigi, the lead journalist at farmbizafrica emerged among the winners for his story titled Borstal boys beat climate […]
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Swamps are fast disappearing in Central Province, as farmers drain them to grow crops. Rice, arrowroot, sugarcane and vegetable farms have replaced wetlands that play a big role in cleaning rivers, storing water and other important processes that protect nature. The consequences are already being felt in many areas as the water table falls –
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Impoverished farmer Julius Munyiri had struggled for years to provide for his six children on his 1.2 acre plot of land located at the foothills of Mount Kenya. Droughts, marauding wildlife and market fluctuations are constant threats to the survival of smallholders. Munyiri grows vegetables for the European export market but brokers constantly dictate low
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Farmer field schools are emerging as the cheapest and quickest way of disseminating information to farmers with studies indicating an increase in yields, and improved farming techniques by more farmers through these schools. Farmer field schools (FFSs) are a popular education and extension approach worldwide, now in place in at least 78 countries. Started in
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The Kenya Agricultural Research Institute KARI has raised income prospects for horticultural farmers with high yielding and fast maturing varieties at a time when demand for Kenyan produce in the international markets has hit unprecedented highs. Breakthrough technology has improved the horticultural crops of many Kenyan farmers, but there is still not enough supply to
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A group of disabled farmers in Nyeri county are recording improved yields thanks to a radio program that is teaching them simple farming techniques at a time when shortage of extension officers has affected distribution of farming information by government. Mwangi Kiringithi listens to agricultural programs on the radio. Every time that he listens to
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Carrots are emerging as a crop of choice among many smallholder farmers due to their affordable management schedules, quick maturity and high returns with a kilo retailing for as much as Sh80. The crop grows well in cool to warm climate although it’s recommended that they are grown in temperatures ranging from 15 to 20
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A loss making stint at greenhouse farming in the semi arid area of Narok was the eye opener for a retiree who has now found fortunes in diversified agriculture and now earning courgete, vegetables and dairy farming. After retiring as director of the Kenya Dairy Goats Association Kuseyo ole Sasai wasn’t sure of what to
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Kenyan women are delving into farming and marketing of coffee single handledly a departure from the past where their roles were reduced to picking berries with men taking over marketing and policy making. Jane Njambi, a coffee farmer in Nyeri, is an example of how women are moving to take up roles in the coffee
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A tomato disease that wipes upto 100 percent yields in days has hit the country putting over Sh14billion annually that the crop brings to the economy at risk. Dubbed Tuta Absoluta the dangerous pest which said to have originated from Europe and South America was discovered in the country a few months ago. Reports indicate
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