Farmer sells guinea pigs by roasting them for consumers
A rabbit farmer, who visited a friend and found him rearing guinea pigs in the kitchen, has expanded his venture in the later livestock after
September 29, 2016
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September 2016
Firm fixes boigas on loans
Small-scale dairy farmers can install adjustable plastic biogas digeters on loans, which are repaid in installments of up to 24 months. GesiShamba Biogas Systems Coordinator
September 28, 2016
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Molasses secures livestock silage for over a year for farmers
Farmers can store excess livestock feeds for more than one year by adding sugarcane molasses to the silage for preservation. Molasses, which is a by-product
September 28, 2016
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Yellow staking strings attract tomato pests, expert warns farmers
Tomato farmers using black threads in supporting the plants off the ground can cut on pest control unlike those using yellow threads, which attract multiple
September 27, 2016
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Six months maturing drought resistant arrowroots enter Kenya
Arrowroot farmers can cut growing period by two months by planinting a high yielding and quick maturing variety from Rwanda, which is also drought tolerant.
September 26, 2016
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Plastic biogas digesters fit changing livestock size
Men working to lay a plastic digester for one of the GesiShamba farmers. The plastic digester allow for resizing to fit the volume of cos
September 23, 2016
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Exotic beans boost Nyeri farmer’s milk output by three litres
One Nyeri County farmer has found a new way of mixing multi-nutrient exotic beans, sweet lupines, with maize flour to feed his semi-indigenous cattle. The
September 22, 2016
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JKUAT Shujaa Tractor to cut farmer’s tillage costs by five times
Farmers may soon spend about a sixth of the current tillage costs per acre after the Jomo Kenyatta of Agriculture and Technology commercialises its cheap
September 22, 2016
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Farmers to pump water free with JKUAT stream hydram
Farmers bordering high speed streams or rivers can push up to 5000 litres of water a day without incurring any power costs using a Jomo
September 21, 2016
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Feeding dairy cattle with yeast adds farmers three litres of milk
Farmers giving livestock feeds laced with yeast stand to increase milk out-put by up to three litres due to improved conversion rate. Nyeri County farmer
September 20, 2016
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