Agricultural stakeholders led by the Kenya Health Plant Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) are set to market and promote the growing of potatoes in Kenya as a food of choice to enhance food security. Potato marketing will be done through potato field days set to be organized by all stakeholders in the potato sector in the country. …
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A Siaya County banker is earning Sh83, 000 a month from her side-hustle which involves raising different fruit seedlings and selling them for Sh120 to Sh200. Sellah Awino Migaya first started out as a poultry farmer in 2016, rearing kuroiler and indigenous variety of chicken, which earned her Sh150, 000 net per month she …
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The government of Kenya through the Ministry of Agriculture and in collaboration with other foreign ministries has launched the national aquaculture curriculum to promote and sustain tilapia farming in ponds within Lake Victoria catchment areas and across the country. In partnership with the German Development Cooperation Agency (GDCA) and Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry’s Agency …
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Emmanuel Bankole Emmanuel Bankole, the founder and CEO of Agromarketplace Nigeria Limited, was voted as one of the 12 finalists in Gogettaz, a competition that involves entrepreneurs seeking financial injection and exposure for their business ventures from the entertainment company, Kwese Inc. Agromarketplace is an online-offline agricultural commodities platform which provides 256 farmers dealing in …
A family in Mukinduri village in Kirinyaga County is making about Sh100, 000 per month on banana farming after abandoning coffee, a crop which was once feted as black gold. This is due to coffee’s dwindling market price and infiltration of unscrupulous business people in the business making it hard for the farmers to fully …
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Onyancha and Sang’anyi’s one acre tomato farm in Nyamira North Sub-county. The two farmers are expecting to start harvesting their tomatoes from mid-March this year. Two Kisii farmers are anticipating to earn more than Sh750, 000 a month from their one acre farm after planting tomatoes in December 26th last year to January …
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Farmers can now detect crop diseases and deficiency of important nutrients such as phosphorus thanks to the launch of a new app called Eska developed by botanist and biochemist, Samuel Kamya. The app which was launched in December 2017 is available on android devices. Once installed, the user taps on the icon labeled Eska, it …
Kenyan farmers who join cooperative societies such as Ortum farmers’ cooperative society, to market their produce are more likely to double or triple their income due to improved bargaining power. David Roron, an onion farmer in West Pokot County for instance, has increased his earnings from Sh120, 000 to Sh350, 000 per acre per season …
Horticultural Crops Directorate (HCD), which facilitates the development, promotion, coordination and regulation of the horticultural sub-sector in Kenya, has banned the export of hass and fuerte avocadoes which are the main exported avocado varieties in Kenya due to severe shortage leading to immature fruits in the market. According to the directorate the two varieties of …
Sellah Migaya confirming the number and condition of her chicks just before delivery to her customers. She supplies 2000 chicks per month to her various clients. A 27 old lady from Siaya County practicing poultry farming on a part time basis is rearing kuroiler and indigenous chicken earning her Sh200, 000 gross income per month …
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