The East African Grain Council (EAGC) has been looking for a method of protecting grain farmers in Kenya need from selling their produce at ridiculously low prices. And they have found it. Through a homegrown solution, in the form of a platform known as G-Soko, farmers will now have a direct connection to buyers across …
New platform that allows farmers to use Grains as collateral for loans launched Read More »
Kenya is among countries rolling out transformatory soil conservation and fertility exercises following years of degradation and nutrient mining that has taken a toll on yields as the World marks 2015 as the United Nations international year of soils. According to the UN, soils are crucial, not just for crops production but also for the …
The Kenya Agricultural Livestock and Research Organization, KALRO, is championing the value addition of sorghum, especially making of sorghum sausages as farmers record success in growth and market for the crop. Sorghum has been one of the most successful crops in adoption across the country, especially in the arid and semi arid areas. This has …
Sorghum value addition opens new frontiers for Kenyan farmers Read More »
Over 700,000 livestock farmers across the country now counts on improved breeds, easier access to finance and structured markets thanks to an association that is streamlining the value chain at a time when demand for livestock products is at unprecedented highs. The association, the Kenya Livestock Producers Association, KLPA, which has been in existence for …
Scientists are on verge of finding a Maize lethal necrosis (MNL) resistant seed, a move that will see Kenya save 10 per cent of national maize production per year lost to the deadly virus that first surfaced in Kenya in 2011 according to the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) They are investigating 117 …
Farmers hopeful as scientists close to finding maize lethal necrosis resistant seeds Read More »
Mwangaza Farmers Group Organization (MFAGRO) a local organization in Vihiga County has introduced practical agriculture lessons in public primary schools in the region in a bid to impart farming skills to the young generation, making them to actively participate in food production. The practical lessons that include crop management, value addition and animal husbandry are …
A farmers’ group give agricultural skills to pupils to contain food insecurity Read More »
A graduate of Kisumu Polytechnic is making work easier for smallholder farmers with his array of low cost agricultural machineries at a time when mechanized agriculture is gaining grounds in the country. It is a journey Alex Adundo has walked with passion, after being employed by an Indian family right after school where he honed …
Most of us who grew up in the village, and who are old enough, must have witnessed this first hand. Groups of people rising to till one villager’s farm, before moving on to the next. It used to take the form of a merry-go-round and within three weeks all the farms in the village were …
Back in the Day, Tilling Land Was a Communal Activity Characterised by Song and Dance Read More »
The name Cape Gooseberry may not be familiar to many of us, but the fruit is certainly one that many will remember from their childhood. Speakers of the Luo language know it as Nyamtonglo, while Kikuyus know it as Nathi. The Kisii call the fruit Chinsobosobo, the Kamba Ngondu and the Kipsigis, Chelolo. Scientifially known …
The Cape Gooseberry is a ‘wild’ fruit that could possibly be used to treat cancer Read More »
A farmer led cooperative group in the semi arid area of Embu has assisted its 330 members more than double earnings while pointing them to rich and consistent markets in just two years, at a time when majority of the farmers in the area had resigned to over exploitation from rogue traders and poor infrastructure.In …
Embu cooperative group turns farmers into net suppliers Read More »
