Sisal rope making machine product of Sifa Machinery. A new invention is helping small scale farmers produce more fibres with ease by providing them with an alternative and more effective way of processing sisal crop to fibre as opposed to the older methods of scraping which involved manual mechanical striping operation using a bladed metal […]
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Joseph Maweu, a mango farmer from Kanzokoea sub location in Kathonzweni, Makueni County is reaping big from mango farming, his only source of income. He earned an average of Sh121, 000 in 2017 up from Sh12, 800, his earnings in 2011 this was after joining a farmers’ group which helped him and other farmers market
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Margaret feeding her chicken in their chicken pen which has over 5000 chicken. Photo courtesy. A family half an acre farm next to Thika River, in Kiambu County is housing two fish ponds, a poultry pen and a dairy unit. This has attracted farmers and experts who visit the farm to learn how a small
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Commissioning of the Sweet N Dried automated air dryer. L-R Second from Left, Tharaka Nithi CEC Agriculture Engineer Japhet Nkanya, KAVES Chief of party Dr. Steve New, Sweet n Dried project chief engineer Migwi Mageria and Sweet N Dried founder Mercy Mwende with other guests. Over 500 smallholder farmers in Tharaka Nithi, Meru and
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One thousand three hundred and seventy six (1376) farmers in Siaya have increased their income 29 times from Sh2.02m to Sh58.95m after adding value to their groundnuts. Related content Proper drying of groundnuts saves farmers from post-harvest losses Green grams and groundnuts retailing highest across Kenyan markets Value addition earns double cash for groundnuts trader
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Nyeri farmer, Wilson Ndung’u, earns approximately Sh50, 000 in a week from the sale of pepino melons seedlings, Sh20, 000 more than he what he earns from selling the plant’s fruits. Ndung’u sells over 500 seedlings of pepino melon per week to prospective farmers within the central region and beyond, selling each seedling at Sh70
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Horticulture farmer in Tabaka, Kisii County is earning Sh50, 000 per week from zucchini farming against his Sh2500 weekly wage from a soapstone site. Jared Ong’angi quit his casual job in the soapstone industry in pursuit of farming, growing kales, onions, tomatoes and pumpkins in his three acres of land but majoring on zucchini. RELATED
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Nyeri farmer Wilson Ndung’u is earning Sh120, 000 per month from the sale of pepino melon fruits which mature after 75 days. Ndung’u harvests approximately 1200kg of the fruits from his two acre farm and sells them at Sh100 per kilogram. What Ndung’u earns in a month is Sh41500 more than the salary of an
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Strawberry plant with mature fruits. The fruits are very important components in food processing companies. A strawberry farmer from Sigona, Kimabu County is targeting to earn Sh40, 000 a week during this festive season from selling the Chandler variety from his half an acre farm. Amos Ndung’u who planted the Chandler variety of strawberries
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One of the diesel decorticators made by Alex Odundo. He is assembling and selling sisal and banana fibre dicorticator machines to farmers in most parts of the country. A Kisumu Polytechnic graduate is seeking to reignite sisal farming in the country by manufacturing a machine that can easily extract the sisal fibres and has so far
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