Rabbit farmers can now produce a higher quality of meat and fur with a new high hygiene all-steel wire cage which does not harbor parasites like its timber structure. Gervase Wakoli of Enkokho Kuku Farmers-manufacturers of the cage-said the cage allows for close monitoring of external parasites, which can significantly reduce the quality of meat, […]
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A harvested green banana bunch. Moseti started with 50 stems, but the number has multiplied as more suckers spout and mature. Photo, Zablon Oyugi. A frustrated Nyamira County coffee farmer, who moved into banana cultivation, has found the new venture more rewarding due to the quick and constant market. Coffee farmers in the country suffer millions
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Smallholder farmers in Kenya are set to benefit from a new organic fertilizer that will help fix degraded soils and increase crop yields by 15 to 20 per cent. According to a 2016 research by the Kenya Agricultural Productivity Project on land degradation assessment in the country, soil erosion risk mapping revealed that almost all
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Buyers and sellers of farmers’ produce can now trade their produce by using SOKOFRESHI, a mobile phone application that is aimed at opening up the commodity market. SOKOFRESHI has so far linked more than 100,000 farmers to markets across to local and international markets. In this, farmers can sell over 100 products at the comfort
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Sheep and goats feeding on hydroponically produced fodder. Hydroponics farming uses 80 per cent less water making it ideal for places with scarce water supply. Photo, Hydroponics Kenya Facebook. Livestock farmers save up to 70 percent of their resources on producing feed for their animals in seven days using hydroponic technology, a high-tech method of growing
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In 2013 after working as a clerk at a Nairobi based company for 14 years, Alex Mbugua was unceremoniously dismissed from his job without notice. The shock made him realize he needed a side hustle to supplement his income making him turn to mixed farming on his idle one acre of land in Nakuru. Even
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Ripe pawpaw fruits. Smallholders across the East Africa region to get market after buyer accepts delivery from all. Photo courtesy. Unlike other companies which normally place tough-tender rules that lockout cash-starved low scale producers, Fresh a Juici Ltd has loosened the supply tender rules to allow all producers either in groups or individuals to deliver
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Unconcentrated rabbit urine poured in a backpack sprayer. Photo courtesy. Farmers can reduce the money they spend on pesticide by using rabbit urine to wipe out whiteflies, sap-sucking insects called that attack crops such as vegetables, coffee, macadamia, bananas and avocadoes among others. Alex Maina who has been a rabbit farmer for over four years
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The total fish output in Kenya increased by 10 per cent from 135,100 tonnes in 2017 to 148,300 tonnes in 2018 according to the 2019 Economic Survey report by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. The survey reveals that fish from fresh water sources increased from111, 800 tonnes in 2017 to 124,100 tonnes in 2018.
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Spider plant. Photo, Zablon Oyugi. Broad-leaved African nightshade (Solanum scabrum) long vilified by many households across East Africa and relegated to being orphaned crops are now enjoying fanatical uptake thanks to rising prices of exotic vegetables like tomatoes, Kale and spinach and the heightened push by organizations pushing for their consumption. Across East Africa the
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