Yad Bio Vitaliser company officer Andrew Kusewa poses beside multi-storey kales and black night shade gardens in demonstration farm on October 8, 2016 during the Nairobi International ASK Show. A Trans Nzoi farmer has reversed vegetable growing calendar to beat market challenges. PHOTO BY LABAN ROBERT. Growing vegetables for harvest during the low supply season […]
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A strawberry farmer, who sells mulberry leaves for therapeutic use, displays her product at the Nairobi International Agricultural Society of Kenya Show on October 8,2016.Mulberry leaves offer double proteins to animals than common Napier grass. PHOTO BY LABAN ROBERT. Farmers growing mulberry fodder offer double proteins to livestock than those relying on most Napier grass
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Paul Kabucwa from Opica Farm holds a 37kg pumpkin fruit for display at the North Rift Agricultural Society of Kenya Show on October 29, 2016. A Marigat farmer got more than Sh140,000 by selling the pumpkins to Opica Farm in October 2016. PHOTO BY LABAN ROBERT. A Baringo County farmer, who sold about 800kg of pumpkins
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An 83-year-old multiple-fruit Machakos County farmer Muia Kusenga inspects avocado fruits on July 22, 2016. Controlled atmosphere containers have expanded Kenya’s avocado export market. PHOTO BY LABAN ROBERT. New markets have opened up for Kenyan avocado farmers after the exporters adopted the use of controlled atmosphere (CA) containers to ship out the fruit to Europe,
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A dairy cow in one of the sheds at the Kitale Show Ground on October 29, 2016. gradual increase of dairy meal keeps milk constant after parturition. PHOTO BY LABAN ROBERT. Gradual increment of dairy meal served to the cows soon after parturition keep milk yields steady past the two first peak months. An increase
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Officers inspect fertiliser in an Eldoret Depot.Storing grains in warehouses can help farmers access farm input and other expenses credit facilities. PHOTO BY BUSINESS DAILY. Farmers storing maize and other grains in warehouses can access farm inputs and emergency credit facilities of more than 70 per cent against their cereal value from agro-dealers and banks.
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Trucks line up to deliver maize to the National Cereals and Produce Board. Online grain selling platform saves farmers over 30 per cent losses. PHOTO BY BUSINESS DAILY. Farmers aggregating and selling grains via online platform, G-Soko, are saving more than 30 per cent of their harvests due to access to quality storage facilities besides
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Trans-Nzoia Governor Patrick Khaemba hands over fertiliser to farmers in Cherangany. OLX has partnered with Mavuno Technology and other companies to sell agro-inputs to farmers. PHOTO COURTESY: THE STANDARD. Farmers, who have been facing challenges in buying goods through the online advertising platform OLX, can purchase input and products the company’s physical shops. This is
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A farmer using the hermetic bag s to store grains. The bag keeps off storage pests for over two years. PHOTO COURTESY, Farmers can keep off grain destroying pests for two years without chemicals after the USAID Kenya and the Ministry of Agriculture launched hermetic bags, which suffocate any crop storage enemies. The official launch
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A Kitale farmer measures his hand against a maturing maize. he grew the maize using DI Grow organic fertiliser from Dynapharm. Application of humic acid can double farm yields. PHOTO: COURTESY. Farmers applying organic fertilisers containing humic acid my boost harvests by 50 per cent as a result of enhanced uptake of essential elements that
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