James Ogwimba, a small scale maize farmer at Moi’s Bridge, in Trans-Nzoia County was early this month forced to hurriedly harvest his maize crop due to persistent warnings of El Niño rains by the metrological department. He kept the harvest in his neighbor’s banana plantation, an open place, as he made arrangements to have it …
Poor artificial insemination techniques are some of the reasons hindering the growth of the dairy industry in Kenya. The inferior semen in use and inefficient distribution mechanisms to farmers has greatly contributed to the increase of low quality cow breeds in Kenya, and Africa, resulting in reduced milk production and inferior quality meat. Research in …
Insemination services near Kenyan farmers as State sets up new freezing facilities Read More »
Small holder farmers, who account for 90 per cent of the agricultural output in Africa, are extremely poor, because of poor market information for their produce, a study by the Agricultural Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) say. The report revealed that 85 per cent of smallholder farmers lack information and connectivity to lucrative markets at provincial, national …
Smallholder farmers dying poor because they lack enough market information Read More »
At least 60 per cent of patients who visit the Kenyatta National Hospital are found to have pesticide residues in their blood, an aspect attributed to the concentrated chemical pesticides used on vegetables and fruits across the country, a research by Kenyatta University revealed. Some of the common complaints reported included ataxins, tremors, diarrhoea, vomiting …
Pesticide residues in vegetables will be the end of Sukuma-loving Kenyans Read More »
Every once in a while there will come a person who wants (and can afford) to buy a herd of dairy cows for commercial purposes but does not have the time needed to look after them. A good number of these individuals live abroad, but plan to retire in the country; as dairy farmers. They, …
New plan allows investors to buy herds of cows and wait to milk profits Read More »
While other farmers in Gisambai village in Vihiga County struggle to raise various crops on their farms, Samson Otengo, is busy building ant hills, a rare kind of farming that he says he has productively practiced ford the past three decades, with an available market market in Mbale Town. Speaking to Farmbiz Africa, Otengo …
Eating termites is healthy and there are people who farm them for ready markets Read More »
While the impending El Nino rains may be not be well received by most, owing to the floods that have been associated with it in the past, farmers can take advantage of the many waters it will bring to make some quick harvests. The popular perennial crops like maize, beans and millet, will certainly not …
Clever farmers will be smiling all the way to their banks after the El Nino rains Read More »
James Farquharson was routinely going through his e-mail when a message from a man named Pius Ngugi dropped in. “Do you want to make wine in Kenya?” read the subject line. That was in 2007 and at the time, Farquharson was in charge of Rosette production at Boschendal, one of the largest wineries in South …
Farming venture in Naivasha proves that Kenya can produce Africa’s finest wine Read More »
When real estate companies in Kenya realized they were not selling enough residential houses, they pulled out their drawing boards, cleared them and came up with a new strategy that now seems seamless. The unique marketing model involves wooing residential home buyers by giving them small plots for farming, which come complete with adequate water …
Kenyan home buyers now want houses with cultivation spaces Read More »
Eldoret’s Baraka Farm, founded by Phyllis Keino and owned by Lewa Children’s Home-Trust, is one of the top dairy establishments in Kenya. The farm, which also houses the Lewa Children’s home and the Kipkeino School was initially focused on wheat and maize cultivation until 1993, when Dutch Jos Creemers took over operations and diverted most …
Eldoret children’s home supplies the country with fresh cheese and milk Read More »
