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, …
High demand for tomatoes in Mombasa as a kilo fetch Sh130 Read More »
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 …
High starch-yielding Katuni cassava earns more for arid farmers Read More »
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 …
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 …
A spinach variety that yield 48kg per tree now in Kenya Read More »
Butterfly rearing can earn a farmer more than Sh70,000 in a month as demand for the insects int the export market remains high as well as local tourism. Europe and USA have been the main export destinations for pupae and butterfly from Kenya. Butterflies cost about Sh70 while pupae earn farmers Sh30. Pupae are at …
Farmers in Central Kenya who have been cultivating strawberries for export have discovered an equally lucrative market for the strawberry leaves they used to discard, but which are now emerging as a crop in high demand. The strawberry leaves are being bought by decorating and florist firms in Thika and Nairobi, with farmers now being …
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Avocado farmers would benefit from the extended export period of the fruit into Europe, a move meant to meet the growing demand after major supplying countries dropped in production. Leading global fresh produce exporter, Eagle Fruit Alliance, says production in South Africa and Peru dropped due to hostile weather conditions. The news comes a few …
Europe avocado demand to benefit Kenyans until August Read More »
Residents of dry region in the country can mint thousands of shillings in a few days by rearing silk worms on the naturally growing acacia trees. Silk worms are some of the smallest ‘livestock’ that have been reared for centuries globally, but Kenya is yet to realise the high potential in this textile industry raw …
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