Farmer at his fish hatchery. Photo courtesy. Kenya’s Victory Farms has announced plans to construct a 10,000 metric tonnes tilapia hatchery to increase the fish production and boost food security among over two million households in Kenya who directly depend on fish for food. The plans which were announced during the just concluded Sustainable […]
Scientists at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (Icipe) have discovered a new cricket species with protein content of 60 per cent higher than that of chicken which is 30 per cent to enhance nutrition in both human and livestock. The insect which is known as Scapsipedus was collected and reared for experimental
Black rot is a bacterial disease in cabbage that causes up to 100 per cent yield losses in infected crops. The disease has no chemical control but farmers can manage it by crop rotation, disposal of affected residues and planting of resistant cabbage varieties such as the Green Challenger, Riana and Pruktor. Black rot is
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Sparrow mango fruit wine. Photo courtesy. One jobless Pwani University graduate has started making mango fruit wine a venture which is now earning her Sh1,000 per bottle of wine as compared to Sh60 selling the fruit’s juice alone. Maurine Achieng’ who holds a degree in Agriculture Enterprise decided to join a group of students who
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Boksburg (29 November 2018) – Access to adequate financing is often identified as one of the key inhibitors to achieving long-term sustainability for Africa’s agricultural practitioners, particularly small-holder and subsistence-level farmers who typically must resort to borrowing from community members or pooling resources in order to make ends meet. While 55 percent of Africa’s population
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Farmers will now control the East Coast Fever disease easily after researchers at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization developed a vaccine to control the deadly disease with an 80 to 100 per cent mortality rate. The research organization will release more than 500,000 doses of the vaccine by December 2018 with each dose
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There are 10 ten types of organic fertilizers that can be used by farmers to improve their farm productions. These fertilisers have good amount of nutrient properties when it is applied at the recommended rate of use. Every consumer in the world wants to eat healthy food and these healthy food should come from natural
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More than 300 farmers in Thiba, Mwea were treated to training by stakeholders in mid-November in a bid bridge the shortfall of rice in Kenya which stands at 337,200 tons annually. The region accounts for 80 per cent of the total rice produced in the country. Led by Kenya plant Health inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) who has the
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A section of Daniel Njuguna’s celery greenhouse at Ihendu in Naivasha. The crops are ready for harverst. Photo courtesy. A farmer in Naivasha, Nakuru County who started growing tomatoes eight years ago using a donkey and a cart to fetch water to irrigate his locally made tomato greenhouse is now earning about Sh360,000 per season
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The horticulture sector is ranked as the fastest growing sector in the agriculture industry in Kenya; however, produce from Kenya has faced rejection at the entry point of key export markets with Kenya being placed under radar by the European Union as one of the countries with 10 per cent maximum residue levels. Last year
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