Scientists at the International Livestock Research Institute, ILRI, have come up with a superior goat breed that produces 1.5 litres of milk daily and easily adapts to climate change, at a time when the livestock sector is emerging as among the hardest hit by vagaries of weather. Dwindling pasture as a result of erratic rainfall […]
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Pig researchers in Uganda are developing mobile based pig information platform that is aimed at empowering pig farmers and addressing the country’s problem of inadequate extension officers. The initiative dubbed M-pig will help farmers seek for guidance and receive information on pig farming through their mobile platforms. The service which is being developed by researchers
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Citrus farmers in Kenya and Tanzania are set to benefit from a project that seeks to embrace alternative pest control methods and identifying suitable areas for its plantation, a move key in spurring citrus farming at a time when demand has failed to match supply leading to imports. The 1.2 million Euro project to be
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A company in Kenya is training rural and urban communities on growing bamboo, propagating, harvesting and making products, giving income to hundreds and offering a viable alternative to wood that has become expensive in making furniture. Kenya Bamboo Center, which is now working with groups in Korogocho, Huruma, Embakasi and Suba area in Nyanza trains
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Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has partnered with Safaricom to roll out a cashless payment solution across the country, a move that will boost efficiency in factory operations. The partnership will see all payments for tea at the factories made to a unique till number assigned to each payment point. Once the FDS transactions are
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At 24 years, Harun Munuve has constructed over 40 greenhouses for his clients and built a horticultural produce powerhouse with his tomatoes alone earning him over Sh140,000 a month, after having dropped pursuing medicine at university to concentrate on farming. Munuve grew up helping his parents who were subsistence farmers. But he knew there had
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Cultivation of finger millet has over time been on a free fall in the country despite the immense nutritional benefits the crop has to humans. In most instances farmers have cited varied factors contributing to the reduced production with many citing lack of buoyant breeds. In respect to this factor, scientists have come in handy
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Cultivation of finger millet has over time been on a free fall in the country despite the immense nutritional benefits the crop has to humans. In most instances farmers have cited varied factors contributing to the reduced production with many citing lack of buoyant breeds. In respect to this factor, scientists have come in handy
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Commercial rabbit farmers can now monitor the health and performance of their herd remotely thanks to a web and mobile based tool that tracks the animals’ progress, from weaning, kindling or nesting while connecting the farmers to ready markets. Dubbed Rabbitiq, the platform also provides a round the clock veterinary support to the farmers. Farmers
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Approximately Sh31.5 million in grants will be released to help farmers with ideas but no funding, yet 70 per cent will return to the donors due to low absorption rate, a trend that has become common. But in a bid to get as more farmers as possible to apply for funding, a model dubbed Mkulima
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