July 2019

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Embu County secures export market for farmers’ tomatoes, onions, capsicum, cabbages, potatoes, chillies, cucumbers and passion among other fruits

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Smallholder farmers in Embu County are set to benefit from a new market after the county department of agriculture secured a deal in partnership with Habitat Intertrade, a company that deals with farming and trading of horticultural products. In this, produce under the new market include onions, tomatoes, capsicum, potatoes, cabbages, chillies, spinach, kales, cucumber, …

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Kakamega fish co-operative set to save farmers from fetching fingerlings from far counties

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Photo courtesy. Fish farmers from Kakamega County are set to benefit from a Sh20m fish cooperative to be started in the county to enable the producers source fingerlings from their neighbouring Busia County as opposed to fetching the juvenile fish from as far as Nandi County. This is part of a proposed partnership between the …

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Mkulima bora app connects more than 5,000 farmers to consumers directly

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John Kinyua, a computer science graduate from Chuka University has invented an app that will help farmers connect to consumers directly without having to pass through brokers. Mkulima Bora is an android app that can be downloaded from Google Playstore and allows farmers to download, register and access features such as buying and selling. “I …

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JKUAT student selected ambassador to the world’s Thought for Food Foundation

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Leah Wambui (right) addressing a participant who visited JKUAT stand at A.S.K Central Kenya National Show, Nyeri. Photo courtesy. Leah Wambui Njau, a finalist student at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) has become the first student to be selected to the Thought for Food Foundation (TFF), the world’s next-generation innovation engine for food …

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Kajiado farmer producing 5,000kg of pumpkins a season through organic farming

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A polyculture farmer from Loitoktok, Kajiado County who has mastered the art of growing crops organically is harvesting up to 5,000 kilos of pumpkin fruits per season from his one acre mixed farm. Lemaiyan Kithokilo says he has selects a set of crops that can be grown together and help each other in controlling weeds, …

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Women in Agriculture

Opinion: 5 factors dragging back agriculture sector in Kenya

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By Anne Munene, founding manager of Lukuai Hay Farm We are half way through a very difficult year for the small holder farmer in Kenya. From maize, sugarcane to coffee, farmers are singing from the same song sheet of challenges. In the dairy sector they’re literally milking challenges with low milk prices, high costs of production, …

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City grocery feeds residents with dried vegetables, making a kill on increasing demand

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Packed sun-dried vegetables. Photo courtesy. Sun Dried Vegetables Services, a Kenyan vegetable grocery based in Nairobi’s Central Business District has ventured into the business of sun drying of vegetables and selling to consumers in the city who buy at a higher price due to the vegetables’ high dry matter content. According to Patrick Njoroge, an …

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Some of the AIVs on display at the JKUAT stand

Experts call for combined efforts to mobilise production, commercialisation and uptake of African indigenous vegetables

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A display of some of the African indigenous vegetables during stakeholders conference at Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT). Photo courtesy. Kenyan professionals in the agriculture sector have called for rigorous efforts from stakeholders in sensitisation of communities about Africa Indigenous Vegetables (AIVs) and their commercialization for income generation and high nutritional benefits in the continent. …

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