Mr. Henry Njuguna inspects his poultry farm in Naivasha. Before he had between 150-200 chicken which has increased to 1200 over the recent past. In a time when most poultry farmers are crying foul about high cost of chicken feeds, drugs, among other production costs and market fluctuations, a Naivasha […]
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Livestock farmers within Nairobi and its environs are set to benefit from a free farmers field day organized by the Kenya Animal and Genetics Resource Center s in Lower Kabete, Nairobi County on 29th November, 2017 at 9.00 a.m. The theme of the field day will be enhancing livestock productivity through modern technologies in animal
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Farmers in North Rift Valley have been advised to grow other food crops such as sweet potatoes to enhance food security in the region. Smallholder farmers in the area incurred huge losses this year due to fall army worm infestation and maize lethal necrosis diseases which greatly hampered maize production, a staple food crop in
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Futurepump Ltd, the manufacturer of solar irrigation products for small scale farmers has launched SF2 solar pump with ability to deliver a litre of water per second from a depth of 30 feet vertically. This is four times their previous solar pump, SF1 which delivered 0.25 litres per second from even a lesser depth of 20
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By Boaz Keizire As world heads of state met at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) last month, Africa was represented by several presidents, among them Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, Zambia’s Edgar Lungu and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame. I was there too. The rest of the world had its eyes on Donald Trump, Bill Gates
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Kenya is set to benefit from an initiative that will scale up agriculture as a business through value addition, led by the private sector and enabled by the public sector, and using innovative financing mechanisms, the strategy aims to end hunger and rural poverty in Africa in the next
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Wheat Varieties Duma and Ngamia have been developed by the Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) for the dry areas of Kenya. The varieties can be grown in areas with low rainfall with short growing periods like lower Narok, Kajiado, Naivasha, Mogotio and Machakos. Duma and Ngamia mature early and can yield up to
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Sorghum seeds. Photo: Oyugi Zablon Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) researchers are coming up with indigenous crop varieties which are high yielding, tolerant to drought and rich in micronutrients like minerals and vitamins which are good for normal metabolism, growth and physical well-being. Under a programme dubbed Arid and
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Farmers can grow a variety of vegetables for their family and for sale using the bucket drip irrigation kit during the dry season by using only three buckets of water a day at most. This method is cheaper and effective as farmers can use readily available materials in their homesteads. The bucket drip kit consists
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Mango farmers can save up to 60 percent post-harvest loses caused by lack of ready markets by drying mangoes and crushing them into powder. This way they will be increasing their shelf-life and getting more value out of them. The powdered mangoes are easy to market because consumers will
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