Baby corn maize at a growing field. Insert is mature harvested baby corn. Photo by Agrifarming.in. Farmers growing baby corn have a chance to feed the growing local and international market with through the year as the crop is more tolerant to drought. The maturity of between 45 and 60 days makes the crop an […]
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A seed company officer holds a watermelon during the 2016 Machakos ASK Show. Dry region farmers can use polythene lining to cut irrigation in dry areas. Photo by Laban Robert. Dry region farmers using plastic linings in covering soil may not incur irrigation costs for up to two months as the material reduces water loss.
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One of the posters encouraging farmers to join FarmerBot. Photo courtesy More than 22,000 farmers in Kenya have joined a growing social media network group for virtual specialised crop husbandry and marketing information. The Telegram FarmerBot group, which is supported by http://farm.ink/, is offering the farmers free expert and peer information on four main crops.
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Farmer selecting groundnut pods. Mombasa is paying more money for groundnuts than other town in Kenya. Photo by Farm Radio International. Groundnuts traders in Mombasa are making close to 20 per cent more income than their counterparts in Nairobi as food consumers continue paying more as a result of the prolonged drought. The rise in
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Nyeri County farmers shows off his organically produced onions. Farmers can notify the market of expected produce via an an app. Photo courtesy. In avoiding marketing challenges after production, farmers can alert prospective produce buyers in advance through a recently launched mobile app. Farm Zee App, which is currently running in Tanzania and Zimbabwe, allow
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Avocado seller at a local market. Kenya avocado export has an expanded market in Europe in April ahead of the entry from Peru. Photo courtesy. Kenyan farmers could enjoy an expanded market in April with the expected maturity delay of avocados from on the European Union’s leading exporter, Peru. Although there is competition from
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Joram Kaindi of Syngenta briefs pupils on growing cotton at the agri-firm’s demonstration farm in Mombasa during the 2016 ASK Show. The government has increased cotton prices to encourage more farmers to grow the cash crop for Rivatex and other factories. Photo by Laban Robert. Farmers, who abandoned cotton for the closure of the ginneries,
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Kakamega County farmer Isaac Shilaro with his cow at the Moi ASK Shoground, Kakamega, in 2016. Homa Bay youths are making cheap, but rich feeds from water hyacinth. Photo by Laban Robert. In offering farmers a cheap animal meal while dealing with the menace of the hyacinth, Homa Bay youths are manufacturing a ‘universal’ feed
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Kiambu County farmer, Patrick Njenga, harvesting potatoes from his Kimende farm in 2016. International organisations are working to contract over 23,000 farmers so enable them access potao markets. Photo by Laban Robert. International organizations have started working together in supporting the more than 800,000 potato farmers access markets besides enabling processors receive a constant flow
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James Mwangi with the Ultra-Power-150 Model B tractor from the KITI, The tractor requires about Sh200 to weed one acre of potatoes or maize. Photo by Laban Robert. Small-scale farmers would spend less than Sh200 per season in weeding on acre of potatoes and maize with the new fuel-efficient mini tractor from the Kenya Industrial Training
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