A virtual warehouse is assisting agro input companies conveniently reach farmers saving them cost and time at a time when delayed farmer access to farming materials has been blamed for delayed planting and ultimately poor harvest. Dubbed iProcure the innovation is already being used by several agro input firms which are now relying on it […]
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A unique plastic container that prevents milk spillage due to its designs while easily spotting Mastitis in cows is set to revolutionise dairy farming at a time when poor milk handling has been blamed for the farmers’ dwindling fortunes. The milk container code named Mazzi is an innovation from Nestle and will be delivered to
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Maurice Okoth, has been a fisherman in Lake Victoria for the last three decades. But dwindling stocks and strict fishing rules by the government has seen his fortunes and earnings dip in the last few years. He however has not sat pretty but instead started a fish raising facility at the back of his house
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Smallholder farmers over reliance on seed varieties from as early as 1930’s has been blamed for the continued yield dip which has further fanned the hunger cycle, but private companies are coming to the rescue of farmers with modern varieties capable of withstanding changing weather patterns. Seed varieties from the 30s could produce upto 30
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A lending institution is giving farmers affordable loans and pegging the interest on the quality of soil conservation that a farmer is practicing in a transformatory model that combines farmers’ access to credit with soil conservation. In a model dubbed green loans, F3 Life, the company offering the loans, hopes that the model will help
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A farmer to farmer training model has been credited with the fast adoption of technology in farming as over 50 farmer groups mostly led by women count increased income as a result. Kiia Self Help Group in Mwingi, has hosted 27 farmers from ACK- funded projects in Kajiado, Makueni and Machakos areas. Visitors come to
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As Kenyan yields become depressed due to poor soils that are nutritionally deprieved, Kenyan private companies are positioning themselves to rescue the situation with introduction of cheaper and miniature packaged fertilizers. Kenyan soils have moved from poor to critical as scientists indicate that about 99 percent of Kenyan soils cannot produce tangible yields as they
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Agriculture is increasingly finding itself at the mercy of climate change. Too much rain, too little rain or rain at the wrong season, prolonged dry seasons, disease and pests infestation are leaving distraught farmers with no options in their hands.This is the situation that faced farmers in many regions in Kenya at the beginning of
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After being a maize farmer for three decades, former high school teacher Athanus Kioko noticed that for the first time the harvests were dwindling at an alarming rate. Before he used to harvest on average 30 bags per acre, but in recent seasons he could only manage a paltry 10 bags. His frustration has been growing
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Passion fruit farmers in Rift Valley have been earning a quarter from the sale of passion fruits compared to the price of the value added product, in a sorry state of affairs depicting how farmers are losing to the unexploited value addition sector. Investment in the growth of fruits and vegetables for pharmaceutical, medicinal, confectionery,
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