November 2017

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Nandi farmer: I earn Sh20, 000 in a week from pineapple farming

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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ICIPE turns to farmer groups in Western Kenya to spread ‘push-pull’ technology

       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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Nyamira farmers training on fall army worm control set for Dec 19th

  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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Kenyan farmers to access import, export information in five minutes on online portal

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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Dairy farmer riding on proper breeding for high and quality production

  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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KEPHIS unveils 140 new disease resistant seed varieties

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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Kakamega farmer: I make Sh90,000 per week from my indigenous chicken

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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