Kisii County farmer Meshack Mogaka allows a Kenyoro Secondary School student to feel the weigh of one of his cocks on July 15, 2016 at the Kisii ASK Show. A Kimbu County farmers has made more than Sh35,000 net profit from chicken sales in the 2016 festive season. PHOTO BY LABAN ROBERT. When William Osoro […]
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Farmer Silvanus Shikanga’s buck during the 2016 Kakamega County ASK Show. An agribusiness is selling goats for meat for Nairobi and Nakuru residents. PHOTO BY LABAN ROBERT. Nairobi and Nakuru towns’ dwellers intending to enjoy nyama choma during this end year celebrations can buy life goats of up to 25 kilos without having to go
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Nyangaresi Nyamira turns passion fruit bushes at James Kiriago’s farm at Magwagwa, Nyamira County on August 14, 2016. Kiriago is making more money from the passion fruits unlike the coffee cash crop. PHOTO BY LABAN ROBERT. As other farmers make losses to mismanagement and factory bean robbers in the coffee sector, one agripreneur has shunned
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Calves feed on cactus in Brazil. Cactus can supply enough water yo livestock for survival during dry spells. PHOTO BY FEEDIPEDIA Farmers feeding livestock with 40 kilos of cacti give at least 35 litres of water per day besides the nutritional benefits of the wild shrub. Livestock farmers regularly lose livestock to drought, when water
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A banana bunch covered by a blue polythene bag. bagging the fruits increases maturity speed. PHOTO BY PROMUSA Farmers, who cover banana bunches with perforated polythene bags, may quicken the maturity of the fruit by up to two weeks due to the conducive micro-climate that is created. Polythene covers speed up the maturity time by
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Ekenyoro Secondary School student carries a seven-kilogramme cock July 15, 206, during the Kisii ASK Show. A Nyamira County farmer is using banana peels to fight poultry fleas. PHOTO BY LABAN ROBERT. One poultry farmer has discovered the use of banana peels in controlling fleas instead of chemicals, which may have a negative impact on
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Nyeri County farmer Jonathan Jomo has constructed a 70,000 litre water mini dam for irrigation. The dam is saving the Kieni farmer between Sh6,000 and Sh8,000 per month in water bills. PHOTO BY COURTESY. The construction of a mini dam to collect water is saving a Nyeri County farmer more than Sh6,000 in monthly bills
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Nyeri County farmer Jonathan Jomo displays onions he harvested after using Wanda Organic fertiliser, Plantmate. The fertiliser gave him onions of up to 500g each. PHOTO BY COURTESY. Networking with urban traders has helped a Nyeri County agripreneur penetrate the emerging organic onion market, for which he supplies more than 200kg of the produce per
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A Machakos County farmer harvests brachiaria grass. The grass has triples milk production for more than 4,000 Siaya County farmer. PHOTO BY DAILY NATION. Siaya County farmers have tripled milk yields by feeding livestock on brachiaria grass, which contains more proteins than Napier . Leonard Oremo noted significant increase in milk soon after he introduced
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Nyamira County farmer, Nyambane Mang’era, cleans his 8m by 4m backyard fishpond on August 14,2016. Looking on are other farmers. A Homa Bay farmer is using a solar powered pump from Futurepump to supply water to two ponds, where he is rearing 1,000 fish. PHOTO BY LABAN ROBERT. A solar powered pump has helped a
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