Dairy attendant pouring milk into a cooler. Busia County intends to intall milk coolers in three of its co-operatives to help in preserving the dairy product for the farmers.Photo courtesy. Busia County dairy co-operatives namely Adungosi, Nambale and Busibwabo are each set to benefit from a milk cooler machine which will see milk supplied to […]
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Groundnuts and soybeans are a priority grains value chain with highest potential to increase the incomes and impact livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Butere-Mumias, within Kakamega County of western Kenya. This is according to a survey done by the Kenya Agricultural Productivity Project (KAPP) in the region. Butere-Mumias with a population of 601,796 (Kenya Population
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Brookside upgraded its milk cooling and processing plants to ensure that there is nil down-time in its production plans. Photo NMG. North Rift region dairy farmers earned Sh2.3bn from raw milk the farmers sold to Brookside Dairy last year indicating a six per cent rise in earnings this is after diversifying their farming ventures to
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The Taita County government has launched a goat and cattle auction to boost livestock production in the region at time when the number of cattle, goats and sheep slaughtered increased by 5.3 per cent and 12 per cent respectively due to increased livestock takeoff attributed to prolonged drought in 2017. According to the 2018 economic
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Chilli plants grown in a greenhouse. Only chillis grown in a controlled environment will be allowed for export to EU markets due to the latest rules on the production of horticultural crops. Photo courtesy. Mace Food, chilli exporter based in Eldoret is drying and crushing the crop into powder form before packaging it for export
Chilli exporter manages strict international market rules by drying the crop Read More »
Muhoroni Sugar Factory was closed down last week due to tax arrears amounting to Sh861m as demanded by the Kenya Revenue Authority, the company in charge of tax collection in the country. In this, the factory owes KRA Sh212, 685,482 for income tax, Sh387, 305,281 for the main collection account and Sh266, 714,169 for the
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A report by East Africa Community and the European Union task force has indicated that Kenya and Uganda leads in fish production in the region having a yearly production of 24,000 tonnes and 20,000 to 30,000 tonnes respectively. The report shows Tanzania fish production at 4,000 tonnes per year, three quarters of which is tilapia
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Aberdare Technologies Ltd, Kisii branch is selling tree tomato seedlings that can earn Sh162,000 to Sh189,000 per acre in eight months, two times more income than maize. The company sells grafted seedlings at Sh50 and an acre of land can accommodate 540 trees with each tree yielding 60 to 70 fruits. With the current market
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European Union through European Development Fund is set to provide about Sh1.2bn (10 million Euros) as part of its 85 million Euros committed to East Africa Community projects in agriculture, infrastructure, investment and private sector to boost fish farming industry in a bid to curb the looming shortage. The five-year project would run from 2019
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Smallholder farmers can control Napier stunt disease that causes losses of 40 to 90 per cent biomass yields by planting resistant varieties such as South Africa and Ouma that produces up to 100 tonnes per acre in regions that receive as little as 150mm of rainfall per annum. More than 65 per cent of farmers
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