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January 2021

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Former KQ pilot uses drones to help farmers increase yields & cut cost

By George P. Munene After 13 years in the aviation sector, retired Captain Dan Ng’ong’a has meshed his newfound passion for agriculture and his aviation background to help farmers master precision agriculture that helps them raise their yields and cut on costs. “A drone fitted with an 18-liter tank can cover five acres of farmland […]

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Boda boda powered coffee pulper increases processing capacity eightfold

By George Munene A private company, Manufacturing on Wheels Limited, has teamed up with the Dedan Kimathi University of Technology to roll out motorbike powered and mobile agro-processing machines. The first system scheduled for commercial rollout taps motorbike power to drive a manual coffee pulper that can process up to 400kgs of cherry per hour

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New Mkulima Wonder passion fruit yields 3X more than traditional varieties

By George Munene Lamech Kabuti a passion fruit farmer and seed propagator in Eldoret has self-selected and introduced a high yielding passion fruit variety, Mkulima Wonder, which yields three times more than available traditional passion fruits.  “With Mkulima Wonder I harvest up to 50 tonnes from an acre piece of land compared to the 20-25

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