Salome Saina earns Sh20, 000 a week from pineapple farming in her three acre farm in Lolkeringet location Nandi County, a fruit she decided to cultivate 10 years ago after abandoning maize farming. Related content Farmer making maximum yields from pineapples by row planting Kenya at a good place to bridge France’s dire need of […]
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The new rice variety to be availed soon will save the country Sh7bn used in importing rice from other countries to bridge deficit gap. A new variety of rice is set to be released next year in February offering rice farmers the chance to plant a high-yielding, disease tolerant and early maturity rice
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Sorghum intercropped with desmodium in a push-pull technology which is appropriate and economical to the resource-poor smallholder farmers in the region as it is based on locally available plants. Small holder farmer groups in Western Kenya have increased their crop production by over 50 per cent by using push-pull technology to kill
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Smallholder farmers in Nyamira County are set to benefit from a free farmers training on fall armyworm (FAW) control that is set to take place on December 19th at Ronald Momanyi’s farm in Nyamusi location. Related content Africa faces permanent $2bn+ maize deficit if Fall Armyworm poorly managed Plant extracts show positive results in
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Smallholder farmers can double their honey yields from 10kgs to 20kgs by adopting the use of modern beehives such as the Langstroth hive system which ensure easy harvesting. According to the African bee keepers, the producers of the contemporary beehive, a farmer can collect 20 to 30kgs of honey per harvest from Langstroth as opposed
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The high cost of the incubators and electricity bills drove Godfrey Ng’ang’a into making solar powered machine for himself and other farmers. The Kiambu County farmer bought his first two machines from South Africa and China with the hope of getting cost-saving and efficient equipment than those sold locally. RELATED
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The Kenya Trade Network Agency in partnership with Trade Mark East Africa has launched a new online portal that allows farmers to access import, export and international trade procedures within five minutes, a marked improvement from the earlier 10 days. Related content Online trading platform to increase farmers’ incomes KALRO launches online farmer platforms Online
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Artificial Insemination. Selecting the right bull which has desirable qualities to serve his cows so that it can pass the characteristics into his dairy cows has been Geoffrey Ng’ang’a, dairy farmer from Wangige in Kiambu County’s secret weapon in getting high milk yields and quality calves than he used to two years ago. “I
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The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) has unveiled 140 new disease resistant and fast maturing seed varieties to cushion farmers against losses and boost food security in the arid and semi-arid areas. The new varieties of seeds released include maize, beans, sunflower, sorghum and potatoes, which are tolerant to the maize lethal necrosis disease.
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A project to promote indigenous chicken in 2011 proved to be a turning point for Mary Muhatia, a widow from Kakamega County. The project which was initiated by the Kenya Agricultural Productivity Project (KAPP) aimed to promote the venture as a business among smallholder farmers in the region. Mary who started with 12 chickens now
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