July 2015

New platform that allows farmers to use Grains as collateral for loans launched

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 …

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Sorghum value addition opens new frontiers for Kenyan farmers

 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 …

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Farmers hopeful as scientists close to finding maize lethal necrosis resistant seeds

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 …

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A farmers’ group give agricultural skills to pupils to contain food insecurity

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 …

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Back in the Day, Tilling Land Was a Communal Activity Characterised by Song and Dance

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 …

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The Cape Gooseberry is a ‘wild’ fruit that could possibly be used to treat cancer

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 …

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