By George Munene The Market Access Upgrade Program (MARKUP) is setting up a project for Kenya’s 12 main mango producing counties that will help them in accessing the more commercially lucrative international market for their fruit. This will be done by supporting farmers in these counties by training them on how to produce quality, pest …
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By George Munene “The farmgate price of Grade 1 garlic is currently Sh150 per kilogram, the spice matures in four months and from an acre a farmer can harvest at least six tons. This means from just one acre a farmer can rake in Sh1million. This makes garlic farming a clearly profitable agricultural endeavor,” says …
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By George Munene The Safaricom Foundation Youth in Agribusiness programme is continuing its efforts to fund youth and women engaged in agriculture giving Sh32 million to 800 youth in Oloitokitok, Kajiado county and funding a further 50 young women in Bungoma county getting into poultry farming. The youth in Kajiado have been given land, agricultural …
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By George Munene Availability and cost: these are the main drivers that have seen Kenyan animal feed traders opt to source the concentrates needed by farmers to increase output in animal production from neighboring Uganda and Tanzania. “I can get 50 kilograms of maize bran from Uganda at a wholesale price of Sh900 which I’ll …
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By George Munene AgroZ an agricultural product manufacturer has developed a silage bag that allows smallholder farmers to preserve animal feed for use when there is limited available livestock pasture. The silage bag costs Sh750 with a minimum carrying capacity of 200kgs. When properly compacted the bag can accommodate even more silage. Its dimensions measure …
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By George Munene The Kenya Agricultural Research Organization (KALRO) has introduced new finger millet varieties that have an average yield potential of 1033 kilograms per hectare up from the previous 278 kilograms per hectare. This advancement in production capacity will be buttressed by a farmer-led marketing program that aims to strengthen millet’s marketing value chain …
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By George Munene According to Kenya’s Horticultural Crops Directorate measures taken to reduce fruit flies in the country’s mangoes could finally yield a dividend with the resumption of direct mango exports to Europe in September this year after seven years. Exported mangoes fetch farmers up to six times more, Sh30, to Sh 5 for mangoes …
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By George Munene At Kamala, Kilifi Sub-county, Jacob Hinzano farms 10 acres of pineapples. Having harvested 10 then 25 tons on what he describes as his first two trial seasons with the fruit which has a comparatively a low production cost and has a farmgate price as high as Sh100 and no less than Sh25 a …
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By George Munene A marketer by profession, Brian Masila, Mbuzi Yangu’s founder has created a fast-moving goat market that leverages online platforms to help farmers find a ready market for their animals as well as delivering quality stock and information to farmers looking to get into the business of goat rearing. Mbuzi Yangu deals in Galla, Boars and …
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Through the use of ripper ploughs in conservation agriculture farmers can halve their production cost while advantaging themselves in ways not accessible to farmers practicing traditional conventional agriculture. “In conventional agriculture, land preparation before planting entails first ploughing, this in Western Kenya costs a farmer Sh3000 for every acre. This is then preceded by a …
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