Mustard seed concoction is one of the most efficient ways of stopping chickens from eating eggs, a vice that is causing losses to many farmers. Eggs eating and cannibalism are rampant in nutritionally deficient birds, which are forced to peck on others or on these shelled produce for nourishment. A farmer can prick a small […]
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Hormonal inducement and proper feeding are key in dealing with false infertility, which causes delayed production cycles in dairy cattle resulting in losses. Mature heifers and lactating cows may fail to show heat signs, which are important in accurate bull or artificial insemination service, and eventual fertilisation process. Farmers incur costs in keeping the ‘unproductive’
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The high demand and low supply for tomatoes especially at the Kenyan Coast where a single tomato is now selling for Sh10-15, almost four times the normal price has created a ripe market for tomato farmers in Kenya who have previously recorded huge losses due to lack of a ready market. According to Peter Nyagah,
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Increased attention to heat signs is one of the surest ways of increasing chances of successful fertilisation in cattle to avoiding economic losses. A farmer would incur direct insemination costs for a non-yielding service and have more unproductive days until the next month. Research reports show that errors in observing the heat patterns in dairy
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Farmers must stick to proper milking practices to reduce contamination, which significantly reduces the shelf-life of this highly perishable product before it reaches far-flung markets. According to the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), contamination occurs in the milking and post-handling processes, increasing microbes that quicken deterioration. Danger Milk suppliers from Rift Valley and other regions
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A farmer who opted to cross indigenous and exotic broiler chickens is making more profit from the sale of hybrid dorep poultry, which have improved characteristics. Jeremiah Kamadi of Busia County says the secret lies in the boosting the attributes of the two breeds, a boiler and any indigenous chicken to obtain a hybrid. Broilers
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Small-scale farmers can increase shelf-life of fruits and vegetables for up to nine days by storing their produce in simple non-energy reliant cooling chambers. A zero energy cool chamber does not demand any form of power to run, making it appropriate for off-the grid farmers. The structure, which is build by locally available material, relies
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Arid and semi arid region farmers can grow a well performing new cassava variety required for starch extraction by Machakos county factory. Katune 990005, which has been developed by Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Organisation, performs well in dry regions and produces more a good quality and quantity of starch which Kiara Agro Limited factory is
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A Murang’a County farmer is enjoying more profits by letting ducks incubate and take care of guinea fowl keets, allowing for the later bird lay eggs for sale. Peter Munga says ducks are ‘loving and caring’ incubators and foster mothers. A duck can hatch 100 per cent keets and chicks of other domesticated birds. A
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Vegetable farmers can now harvest up to 300 pods weighing 48kgs per year from a single spinach tree, thanks to the Swiss Chard ford hook spinach, a new variety in the Kenyan market by Amiran which can grow up to 2.5 feet High yieldingThis super variety yields 70 more pods than other varieties in the
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