December 2019

New study: Kenyan avocado farmers can increase income by 39 per cent exporting to EU

Kenyan avocado farmers can boost their income by up to 39 per cent by exporting the fruit to the European market. According to the International Food Policy Research Institute, a Washington-based research institute and partners on their research report issued yesterday, a dozen of Hass avocado variety that sells for about Sh3.5 in domestic markets […]

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The introduction of the Kenya Food and Drugs Authority Bill has shown why we need impact assessments for all legislation

Our parliamentarians are sometimes required to rule on some challenging proposals, with the private members’ Kenya Food and Drug Authority (KFDA) Bill a prime example from 2019: yet as opinions now unite around abandoning the idea of a joint medicine and food safety regulator, the bill has raised some clear lessons. Above all, it has

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Farmer finds seine nets safer than hook and bait in fish pond cropping

Patrick Omoro, a small-scale fish farmer from Homa Bay County has adopted seine nets in fish pond cropping saying hooks killed much of his young fish during his first year in farming. “Using hook and bait in cropping and harvesting fish reduces quality and eventual profit,” said Omoro According to him, hooks have baits at

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Baringo farmers eye export market with 1.2 tonnes capacity coffee milling plant

Coffee farmers in Baringo County could soon forget market challenges following the establishment of a 1.2 tonnes per hour coffee milling plant which is set to provide an edge in the quest to advance direct export of coffee to the Korean market. The Sh100 million modern coffee milling plant at Katimok in Baringo North Sub-county

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Seeds of hope transforming lives in northern Uganda

Dorine Akoth, a demo plot farmer in northern Uganda, admires the maize on her farm. Photo courtesy. For two decades, most of the population in northern Uganda lived in internally displaced people’s camps and depended on food aid and other relief emergencies for their livelihoods due to the insurgency by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).

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Hand-pushed multipurpose tractor saves farmers Sh1000 tillage costs

Dismantled hand-pushed multipurpose tractor. Photo: Zablon Oyugi. Agriculture Technology Development Centre (ATDC) has introduced a cheap hand-pushed multipurpose tractor which may save small-scale farmers more than Sh1,000 per acre in tillage costs. Ronald Bosire of ATDC said the ‘walking tractor’, whose cost may be equivalent to three bulls, requires minimum skills to operate and can be

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Makueni mango farmer doubles income through team support

Joseph Maweu, a mango farmer from Kanzokoea Sub-location in Kathonzweni, Makueni County has doubled his income per season from Sh12, 800 about eight years ago to over Sh121, 000 currently thanks to a farmers’ group he joined which has helped him access, training, inputs and market. Before 2011, Maweu had 18 mango trees that were

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Creeping legumes triples milk yields in the coastal region

Smallholder farmers in the coastal region of Kenya can triple milk yields from five to fifteen liters per cow by feeding their cows on creeping legumes such as clitoria and mucuna. These legumes are perennial plants rich in protein content, a key component in improving milk production efficiency and can be fed to dairy animals

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Thika company urgently looking for rabbits to meet rising meat demand

A Kiambu County based firm is looking for more than 1,000 rabbits per week from farmers to meet its growing demand from the suppliers as festive season meat orders starts gaining momentum. Supermarkets and other small meat outlets have placed orders at the Thika-based company, Rabbak, to deliver meat and life rabbits. The firm, which

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Kisumu’s Kilimani upmarket offers cassava farmer better prices for value-added products

Alex Ombuto, a cassava farmer from Kisumu County is earning up to Sh480,000 a year targeting residents of Kilimani estate in the county where the demand for the tubers is high. The electrical engineering graduate from Kisumu Polytechnic says that since he introduced the idea to the Kisumu residents, commercialisation of cassava has been tremendously

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