Grain farmers in rural areas buffeted by rising cost and uneven distribution of electricity which has made it hard for them to access electricity powered storage facilities now have a reason to smile thanks to the introduction of green energy powered mini silos. Most farmers in Africa and Kenya are concentrated in the rural areas […]
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A solar powered mini silo designed for smallholder farmer is touted to reduce post harvest losses in grains which currently stands at 60 percent and attributed to poor storage facilities. Traditionally silos in the country have been used by large agricultural companies and have been beyond reach for ordinary farmers due to the cost involved
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From the hot iron branding on livestock’s skin to ear tags fitted with micro chips, livestock branding has been used to assist owners easily locate their livestock and control theft, but technology is making livestock branding a painless and sophisticated affair. Kenyan livestock farmers have for long been using the traditional methods of cattle branding
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Farmers and breeders can now have unlimited access to high yielding seed varieties that were traditionally a preserve of big seed companies thanks to an initiative that is breaking the intellectual properties and patenting rules in seed distribution. Today, many countries place complex international legislation on seeds, involving rules on patents and other forms of
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A decision to keep dairy cows in the same space with poultry is paying off for Edward Mainga with the cow dung providing worms for the chicken while the chicken turns the dung into manure that is used to grow fodder for the cows a venture that has not only increased milk and egg production
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An initiative to get East African youth to earn a living through constructing of hay making machine which they then sold to farmers is not only providing them with meaningful income but assisting farmers more than triple their milk yields at a time when dwindling pasture is taking a toll on milk production in the
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Livestock farmers in Kenya are set to benefit from a technology meant to tame cattle rustling in Kenya with the introduction of an electronic tracing chip at a time when reports indicating that the vice claims over 600 lives and displaces thousands annually. The initiative which is supported by World Bank and East African Agricultural
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