Daniel Ndambuki famously known as Churchill pose for a photo with Oserian flower farm workers at the farm. He visited the farm in preparations to shoot his weekly comedy show Churchill Show. Vuvuzela, a niche market flower variety produced by Oserian flower farm in Naivasha attracts high end markets regardless of the arguments that the variety […]
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Seed Co, a company that develops and markets certified crop seeds, mainly hybrid maize seed has introduced a new maize variety that is tolerant to the maize lethal necrosis disease (MLND). “The new maize variety KATEH 01 was developed over a period of three years since 2016 by Seed Co in collaboration with the Kenya
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A Makueni farmer who ventured into pawpaw farming four years ago but lost half of his crops due to drought is not losing hope yet and has ventured into simple drip irrigation using bottles to avoid potential losses arising due to water deficiency. Alex Kituku harvested just five tonnes from one acre of the crop
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Boran bulls feeding from a feeding trough. Feedlotting enables cattle gain maximum weight for market in the shortest time possible. Photo courtesy. Lolkerra Tanei, Maasai herder from Narok County is feeding his livestock on hay, wheat bran, maize chop, sunflower and molasses on a confined system also known as feedlot ting allowing the cattle gain
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Rice husks More than 7,022 farmers from Mwea Irrigation Scheme are set to benefit from a programme which aims to use rice husks and stalks to make hay, block boards and ceiling boards among other products saving farmers problems of disposing the rice by-products which has faced them for over 64 years now. Kirinyaga County government
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One of the biggest factors holding back Kenyan agribusiness is the low uptake of high-yield seeds, developed over decades by research institutes and seed companies. According to research by the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service, the informal sector in Kenya accounts for about 60-70 per cent of most seeds planted by farmers across the country.
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Over 20,000 smallholder farmers from Meru, Tharaka-Nithi, and Kitui counties are set to benefit from sorghum value addition to make beer, biscuits, and sausages through the help of agri-business enterprise, Shalem Investments, a sorghum purchasing and processing company based in Meru. The farmers who are grouped in groups of between 20 and 50 farmers will
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Tomato farmers in Kenya are set to benefit from the launch of a new tomato variety resistant to bacterial wilt disease thanks to Amiran Kenya, a company that deals with horticultural production. The variety which was launched in August 2017 also has intermediate resistance to tomato yellow leaf curl virus, mosaic virus, and fusarium wilt
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Livingstone Ng’ang’a makes an extra Sh50,000 a season from selling his tomatoes in Muthurwa market in Nairobi and Daraja Mbili market in Kisii, as opposed to waiting for orders during harvesting time from local traders. The move has seen his earnings climb to Sh2.06m a season from Sh2.01m. He started tomato farming in 2013
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Smallholder farmers can feed their animals all year round with Guatemala grass, an alternative fodder crop that withstands Napier stunt and head smut diseases. The grass doesn’t harden hence can be fed to livestock even when overgrown. According to the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), the grass can produce five to seven tonnes
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