Prospective chilli farmers have been advised to time their crops for harvesting during festivities so as to maximise profits when global demand is highest. Lagran Group Chief Executive Officer Nickly Kipkorir says demand is usually high when most people are marking various events such as Eid al-Fitr, Christmas and Easter. “At the moment, all kinds […]
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Researchers from the University of Nairobi and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation, a body that promote the well-being of humanity throughout the world are seeking to help mango farmers to avoid about 45% post-harvest losses that the farmers have been facing in the past years. Through YieldWise
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The rising craze for rare crops also known as ‘wonder’ crops such as pomegranate is now appealing to most farmers as they get attracted to the amount of money that these crops are able to fetch as compared with other crops that are grown by almost every farmer in large quantities hence flooding the market.
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Pepper farmer harvesting the crop. Photo courtecy. Some farmers from Uasin Gishu County, Kenya’s food basket, have shifted to pepper cultivation at a time when maize has disappointed farmers. October last year the government through the Ministry of Agriculture offered farmers Sh3,200 per 90kg bag of maize slightly above Sh3,000 for the same quantity of
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Red Sanga F1 onion varieties. The onion variety matures in 90 days after trasplnating giving farmers early access to market. Farmers growing Red Sanga F1 onion variety stand to enjoy early maturity of about 90 allowing them reach to consumers early ahead of other famers growing other varieties such as Early Redmax F1 which take
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East Africa Seed Company Limited (EASeed) has introduced a new maize variety into the market which takes 90 days to mature and has a potential yield of 28-30 bags per acre as compared to other varieties in the market which take up to 150 days to mature and can yield just 10-15 bags per acre.
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The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization has released a new green gram variety suitable for dry areas with potential yields of up to 1500kg per hectare an increase of 87.5 per cent from the existing varieties. The new variety matures within a two months’ period and can fight breast cancer, control blood pressure, weight
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Farmers all over the country are set to benefit from the launch of a mobile app that will help them maintain their records. The smart cow app which can be installed on smartphones will enable farmers monitor their expenditure and income and thus know whether the enterprise is making profit or losses for effective management.
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Avocado farmer showing his avocado fruits. A single avocado is going for between Sh50 and Sh80 in Nairobi’s retail markets and supermarkets, up from between Sh10 and Sh20 each during high season. Kakuzi Company Limited is set to abandon pineapple farming this year to focus on avocado production whose global demand and price has increased in
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The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization has released new high yielding disease tolerant cowpea varieties that can produce four tonnes per acre, double the amount of the existing varieties such as zebra and randa. The varieties Kitui black eye and M66 are tolerant to leaf spot, rust and powdery mildew and are suitable for
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