Farmers in Western Kenya can now harvest up to nine 90kg bags of beans per acre in two months after two agricultural research institutions released four new quick maturing varieties. The varieties, Katumani Bean 9-Gacuma and Katumani X-69, KAT-B 1 Kathika and KAT X-56 mature in 60 to 65 days. This means that if planted …
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An 82-year-old farmer is harvesting different varieties of fruits from a single stem tree after realising that root stocks can support multiple scions and give distinct harvests. Muia Kusenga, who won about 10 awards in the various fruit categories during the Machakos County Agricultural Society of Kenya 2016 Show, said the simple technology enables farmers to …
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A former Kisii University student, who started rearing rabbits as a hobby and later for pocket money during his studies, is moving to a urine harvesting venture to tap into the rising organic farming craze. Brian Otwori, who is set to graduate later this year, has been selling the rabbits for meat to meet personal …
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One Nakuru farmer, who plunged into dove and pigeon rearing, is fetching tens of thousands of shillings every month out of sales from these little bird, which he says, are dismissed as lads’ play pets. Dennis Chege makes between Sh90,000 and Sh120,000 a month from his two farms in Eldoret and Nakuru. “Many people look …
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Raising a charolais bull for beef at a feed scarce region can earn a farmer more than Sh170,000 per year than rearing a dairy calf, which takes up to 25 months for one to start milking. Musa Musa of Kabarak Farm Limited said the charolais breed is hardy and has a high feed to meat …
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Kenya Prisons Service officers recently harvested 50 tilapia fish, with some weighing up to thrice normal pond mass from an integrated 4m by 6m pond supported by waste of two chickens and two rabbits. Nakuru prisons officer, Jared Mokaya said the February harvest proved that with knowledge, farmers do not need large pieces of land …
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A bee rearing agribusiness group is saving close to 30 cent of honey lost through tradition methods of extraction using a quick manual centrifugal machine. Chairman of Nyabwaroro Self Help Group Ezekiel Ndege said traditional extraction of honey by squeezing and warming caused them a loss of about three litres out of the possible 10 …
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One poultry farmer has reduced the amount of feeds consumed by broilers by half and tripled egg production by crossbreeding layers with the meat breeds. Chore Sunda, a Kisii County farmer who has been in the poultry agribusiness since 1984, said the resultant crossbreed lays between 20 and 30 eggs per season. “Broilers lay six …
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A Nyamira County youth group, which moved to value addition, has increases the earnings from one banana finger by more than six times as demand for other products of the fruit continues to surge.Afro Ochieng, an official of Misire Youth Group, said one finger of a banana, which usually costs Sh5 when sold ripe or …
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Kenya Agricultural Research Organisation (KALRO) has released a new double yielding and high protein content napier grass variety that is performing better than the traditional types which have more fibre content than nutrients.Ronald Omariba, an agricultural extension officer in Kisii County said as opposed to the common grasses, the new giant napier variety gives a …
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