Beatrice Nkatha, Demostrates how mechanism has improved Sorghum delivery. A former tailor who found the work not giving her adequate returns decided to abandon it and venture in sorghum business in 2009, a business which has seen her trading in over 1,000 metric tonnes of the crop in Kenya and Tanzania hence meeting her needs. …
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A student from Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) has invented a bio-gas incubator which could be more efficient and affordable as compared to electric, solar and kerosene incubators which are already in the market. While the design of the incubator is affordable, portable, user friendly and easy to maintain, Shawn Kasoa, 23, …
Kenyan farmers, as well as horticulture exporters dealing in green bananas and broccoli, have a new market for selling their products; South Korea, following clearance from the country’s Animal and Quarantine Agency. “The purpose of this announcement is to bring this information to your attention and request your assistance in contacting farmers and exporters of …
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Nairobi, Kenya December 11, 2018 – Bonfese Wanjala, a maize farmer from Siaya, who was close to abandoning his loss-making farming eight months ago, has been named as Wefarm’s latest Champion Farmer in Kenya, having increased his output 35-fold and led the way in raising the productivity of his fellow farmers on the Wefarm network. …
More than 1.3m farmers are set to benefit from the Kenya off-grid solar access project which seeks to provide electricity to parts of the country that are not served by the national grid. The Kenyan Ministry of Energy reports that while national electrification has risen from 23 per cent in 2009 to 75 per cent …
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A group of enterprising farmers in Kericho County is banking on the growing demand for traditional vegetables, having now expanded acreage under cultivation and ventured into value addition activities like processing vegetable flour earning them about Sh10,000 in three months. Toroch Gaa Women Self Help group was founded in 2008 and comprises of more than …
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A maize breeder and researcher from KARLO view the new maize hybrid that is resistant to the Maize Lethal Necrosis (MLN) viral disease. Photo courtesy. The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO) has launched eight new maize varieties that are resistant to Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease (MLND) which has been wiping out maize plantations …
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Last week saw the launch of a new mobile app that will connect local entrepreneurs with mentors and investors. While 55 percent of Africa’s population is engaged in agricultural livelihoods, only approximately one per cent of bank lending and access to investment across the continent goes to the agricultural sector according to One Acre Fund, …
Kenyan farmers can cut down on the cost of buying feeds for their animals by 50 per cent by making their own feeds at the farm level. The Ministry of Agriculture reports that the cost of producing one liter of milk in Kenya is Sh20 to Sh25 compared to Sh10 in Tanzania and Uganda due …
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