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June 2019

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An industrialist ventures into chilli puree production, provides ready market for women farmers group

Olive Island Enterprises chilli puree products. Photo courtesy. Teddy Ngoba, a Kenyan industrialist who ventured into value addition last year to manufacture chilli puree is now providing a group of women farmers from the coast with a ready market for their produce that they could hurriedly sell at low prices to avoid post-harvest losses. According […]

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Western Kenya-based agro-processing firm offers ready market for pawpaw farmers

Pawpaw farmers in Western Kenya on a field training by Great Lakes Breeders Limited agronomists on how to plant and manage the fruit. Photo courtesy. Kenya Papaya Products Ltd (KPPL), an agro-processing company based in Bendera, along the Chavakali – Kaimosi Road in Vihiga County, Western Kenya is offering a ready market for pawpaw farmers

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Kenyan tea farmers bet on new technology at collection centres for efficiency and transparency

Farmer’s Smart Card. Tea farmers in Kenya are betting on the newly introduced technology in the sector at different collection centres across the country to enable the growers within a short time deliver their produce and submit their details for proper record keeping to ensure they do not incur any losses due to errors which

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Eldoret business lady urgently recruiting farmers to plant and supply capsicums, long cayenne chili, courgettes and corn flowers

An Eldoret based business lady is looking for all-comer farmers to plant and supply red and yellow capsicums, long cayenne chili, courgettes and cornflowers. “There is a high demand for these products in local markets within Eldoret, Bungoma, Kitale and the entire North Rift region,” said Rahab Wanjiru, an Eldoret based business lady. Wanjiru, a

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Farmers turn to institutions to sell their produce at better prices and immediate sales

Farmers are moving into schools and other institutions in search of markets as their peers who rely on buying companies and middlemen suffer losses due to delayed sales. Trans-Nzoia County potato farmer William Wafula Ndalila realised the potential in selling farm products to school in 2015 after consecutive losses to low prices in local markets.

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