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March 2017

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Telegram group offers farmers free info

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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Some 23,000 potato farmers to access markets

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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