Smallholder farmers and seed companies are now able to predict weather conditions for up to eight days, informing their planting seasons, thanks to an online tool that sends them climate alerts. The weather management tool known as awhere weather was first developed in US by John Corbett but has been localized to suit farmers and […]
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As the fate of Mumias Sugar hangs in balance, sugar cane farmers are dumping the once cherished cash crop for maize and Soya beans, a move that has seen them relieve themselves from the misery of loss making miller firm and foster food security in the region. Since the set up of the once mighty
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Behind the half an acre farm that sits next to Thika River, housing two fish ponds, a poultry pen and a dairy unit is the success of family farming as one family perfects the specialization role in agribusiness. Since buying the half acre piece of land after he retired as a technician from the Ministry
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Researchers have cautioned pig farmers against the use of kitchen left over as cheap feeds to their pigs warning apart from lacking the vital nutrients for the animals, they are the main carriers and sources of the dreaded African swine fever. The revelation came in during the national pig farmers training workshop at Matugaa that
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