Behind towering coffee bushes with enticing red berries, a pulping machine and a modern pig sty hosting dozens of pigs is the make or break story of Timothy Njogu, an engineer who found passion in agriculture and whose commitment has paid off seeing him voted the winner in the Elgon Kenya National farmers award, small […]
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Kenya flower companies are cutting down on expenses they use in pest control, while preserving the environment thanks to a new range of integrated pest management practices taking root in Kenya. This comes in the wake of debate on responsible flower growing with buyers increasingly becoming sensitive about how flowers are grown and the amount
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For retired teacher Margaret Amimo, agriculture was always growing traditional crops like maize and beans for home consumption using large tracts of land which yielded minimal. But her light bulb moment came into 2009 when she heard about tissue culture bananas and decided to give it a try. She has never looked back, a journey
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A farmer with soy beans seeds. A new soy beans variety resistant to rust has been introduced into Kenya. Photo by Daily Nation. Soya beans farmers in Kenya can now harvest up to 1,600kg per hectare to bridge the demand gap with the SC Saga variety, which is also resistant to rust – a disease
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