An innovative Kenyan youth is pioneering an automated technology targeting farmers with limited space in the production of fish, poultry and plants in an effort that is also doubling house hold incomes as well as fostering nutritional levels among families through balanced diet feeding. The technology dubbed aqua-poultry, is a classic example of how farmers …
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Kenya has launched a first of its kind climate change lab that will measure greenhouse gas emissions using various sources including livestock and manure, at a time when over reliance on foreign data has failed to paint the actual extent of the emissions. The lab dubbed Mazingira Center, and the first of its kind in …
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Farmers in Ukwala area of Siaya county are counting increased earnings with a groundnut project that has shielded them from low yields and poor income from traditional farming of maize and sorghum while fertilizing their soils. The farmers have always grown maize, sorghum, beans and millet for home consumption mainly in the form boiled snacks …
Ugandan farmers are set to benefit from a new spraying technology that saves the amount of water used by over five times ultimately saving time and inputs. The spray pump which is a technology from Balton Ugandan an agro input company is dubbed magic disk spray pump. It seeks to replace the conventional spray pumps that …
Ugandan pig farmers are now enjoying the benefits of having a dedicated team of researchers aimed at improving the pig sector with the country enjoying the fastest growing pig population in Africa. The mileage and resilience that Ugandan pig farmers portrayed to the world is commended and noted to be the main reason as to …
A calf infected by two parasites of the same species is more likely to live and develop immunity against the deadly East Coast Fever that one attacked by a single parasite a new study says. The findings of the study which could offer real insights in understanding, and taming a disease that kills one animal …
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Ugandan government has embarked on an ambitious project to distribute 300 million coffee free in a move aimed at doubling the current coffee production to over 7 million bags annually. The initiative which is part of the government renewed effort in revolutionarizing agriculture through the programme dubbed Operation Wealth creation is aiming at improving family …
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An agribusiness club targeting rural youth and those in polytechnics is recording success as youth who had traditionally left farming to their parents return to the soils buoyed by modern farming techniques that are increasing yields and increasing markets. In Nakuru county where farming is the backbone of the county, lack of modern farming techniques, …
Kenya is ahead of its regional peers in making seeds accessible to smallholder farmers, but scores poorly in its fight on counterfeits a new seed index has revealed. The index dubbed, The Africa Seed Access Index, TASAI, the first of its kind in Africa, dedicated to monitoring the state of Africa’s rapidly evolving seed sector, …
Prolonged rebel activities in Northern Uganda and the volatile international prices have taken a toll on cotton farmers with global prices halving pushing farmers to alternatives. The Northern region of Uganda is predominantly a cotton growing zone but prolonged rebel activities in the region have dampened the farmers’ once aggressive venture. However, the pacifying of …
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