The closure of the Kabazi Canners factory in Subukia area of Nakuru County left farmers in the region a hopeless lot as they grapple with the market for their tomatoes. The shut-down was shocking to farmers in Subukia, Kabazi, Solai and parts of Bahati, who had for decades known nothing but tomato farming. Kabazi Canners […]
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Despite the introduction of high yielding and disease resistant laboratory raised plantlets, farmers in banana producing areas in the country rely on old low producing suckers. In other areas like Kisii, which is common with cooking varieties, bananas are grown alongside other food crops. The cost of plantain, commonly known as matoke, remains high in
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Nyandarua County government has rolled out a cheap artificial insemination programme targeting to improve the quality of livestock products of more than 5,000 farmers. Ol Joro Orok Sub-County Head Dr Karanja Muiruri said it would improve the quality of animals, especially dairy, to empower farmers in meeting the ever rising demand of milk in the
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Urban farming enthusiasts, and especially those living in rented spaces, can dabble in fruit farming after the introduction of potted miniature mango plants by prominent orchard manager, Henry M’Tiiri. Mr. M’Tiiri, whose nursery is in Meru County, but supplies seedlings to all of East Africa, is selling ready-to-fruit mango plants, that come in neat pots,
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Farmers have urged the government to increase the import duty on wheat as a way of enabling Kenyan producers to effectively market their products locally. The chairman of the Cereal Growers Association (CGA) Farnie Kruger lamented the low returns from the crop are dissuading farmers from cultivating it. Currently, a 90Kg bag of wheat fetches
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Farmers in Limo area of Kapsoya Location, Eldoret are a worried lot after a strange animal attacked and killed their livestock. One farmer, Alicen Koech, lost three sheep on Tuesday night, to the animal believed to be a leopard. It is also suspected that the same animal is responsible for the loss of more than
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Breakdown of machines at the Muhoroni and Chemelil Sugar Companies could affect the milling of sugarcane. The Muhoroni company was closed on its Friday last week after two of its mills stalled. Chemelil is also facing a similar end, if its machines are not serviced soon. “We have not serviced our machines in the past
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Maize farmers in Kenya could produce 3.7 tonnes of maize per hectare (2.5 acre), almost three times the current capacity immediately the government approves commercialization of Bacillus Thuringiensis maize (BT maize), a type of genetically modified organism (GMO) variety. Currently, Kenya produces a paltry 1.6 tonnes per hectare which is more than three times below the
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Small-scale farmers are perennially frustrated by unreliable rain and drying rivers yet they can get constant water supply from a borehole in less than 45 days. Although there are no exact statistics showing cumulative losses for livestock and crop farmers, farm input investment year in year out is consumed by drought. Last year, the Government
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Farmers from various counties have reported increased income after improving their enterprise using low-interest loans from UKaid. UKaid allows farmers access to funding through its Finance Innovation for Climate Change Fund (FICCF), which is provide to those who specialise in dairy (Bomet, Embu, Nyandarua and Nakuru), sorghum/cassava – Homa Bay, Siaya and other counties bordering Lake
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