By George Munene New to the Kenyan market, Mombasa/Siambaza is a highly nutritious grass variety (14%-16% crude protein content) that is tolerant to both drought and high temperatures. The fodder crop can as well withstand both leaf rust and red spider mite attacks. Approved by the Kenyan government for propagation last year it is suited […]
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By George Munene On Saturday, 26 June 2021, Bomet County shipped 84 tons of tea to Iran–commencing direct tea sales to the Middle Eastern country. This will mean increased incomes for the county’s over 100,000 small-scale tea farmers. This follows talks between Bomet Governor Dr. Hillary Barchok and Iranian ambassador to Kenya H.E Jafar Barmaki
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By George Munene Founded by Cindy Jemtai, Kibet Kienyeji Vegetables supplies dried ready-to-cook traditional vegetables farmed in Kenya to consumers in the United Kingdom and Europe. “Many Kenyans I meet in Europe often spoke longingly of how much they enjoyed indigenous veggies, but, like myself, they only ever have a taste of them, on the
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By George Munene The National Biosafety Authority (NBA) has approved the cultivation of disease-resistant genetically modified (GM) cassava. This approval, the agency stated, makes Kenya the first country globally to consider a request for the environmental release of the new cassava line dubbed ‘Event 4046’. The improved cassava is resistant to Cassava Brown Streak Disease
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By George Munene Kenya’s first sweet potato processing plant located in Migori county is scheduled for completion by the end of the year. The Sh110 million Getonganya sweet potato factory is expected to offer the crop’s cultivators a ready market and a better price for their crop. Sweet potato production employs over 6,500 farmers in the Kuria
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By George Munene The Fall Armyworm (FAW) is amongst the most devastating pests to Africa’s food systems. In response to this, agriculture nonprofit Land O’Lakes 37 and Villa Crop Protection have prepared freely accessible training modules outlining the appropriate responses smallholder farmers should take to combat this pest. Research amongst Zimbabwean farm-holders showed that those
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By Okisegere Ojepat, CEO Fresh Produce Consortium Kenya It is hard to remember any decision that has ever harmed Kenya as much as the recommendation now before parliament that it adopts the European Union’s policies on agricultural inputs and phases them out. In fact, as the latest and most disastrous move yet by health policy makers to take over the country’s agricultural policy, it is an overreach where ignorance could
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By George Munene Potato growers whose area of cultivation is below four acres will not face penalties for failing to register with their county governments annually in order to grow and deal in the crop. In a clarification of The Irish Potatoes Regulations 2019, The National Potato Council of Kenya (NPCK), explained that small-scale farmers
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KALRO is setting up a dairy goat breeding program aimed at multiplying and delivering superior goat genes to Kenyan smallholder farmers. High-producing goat breeds such as Toggenburg, Saanen, German, and British Alpine will be made readily available to dairy goat keepers. The project’s targeted beneficiaries are small-scale dairy goat keepers in Kakamega, Tharaka Nithi, and
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By George Munene Tukalime Ventures is an innovative farm management service that farms and markets your agricultural produce at a fee. Founded in 2016, the company takes the hustle out of farming, actualising their client’s objectives by growing in-demand crops, employing the right expertise, inputs, and implements as well as ensuring timely harvests and a ready market for
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