Kenya facing 360M kilogram fish deficit
By George Munene The Ministry of Agriculture has warned of a 360 million kilogram fish shortage in the next four years. “There is already a
August 26, 2021
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August 2021
Microsoft to boost small-scale African farmer incomes through digital training
By George Munene Through Microsoft’s 4Africa initiative over 50,000 smallholder farmers and 50 cooperatives in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, and Cote d’Ivoire will be equipped with
August 26, 2021
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Kenya to increase coffee exports to South Korea
By George Munene Kenya is looking to increase its coffee exports to South Korea by 10 -11 tonnes. “At South Korea’s 2021 Coffee Expo there
August 25, 2021
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Sh1bn Vipingo factory a boon to cashew nut farmers
By George Munene Centum Investment PLC has kicked off the construction of a Sh1 billion cashew nut processing plant at Vipingo, Kilifi County. The factory
August 25, 2021
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Fact sheet on sweet potato farming
By George Munene An acre of land under sweet potatoes has a yielding potential of 14-8 tons in four to six months. Once shunned as
August 17, 2021
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Online marketplace opens for banana, tuber & root crop farmers
By George Munene Kagoka Foods, an Agritech startup, and social enterprise is partnering with small-scale farmers to promote the growing of tuber, root, and banana
August 17, 2021
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Mazao recruiting organic horticulture outgrowers
By George Munene Mazao Organics, a non-synthetic fertilizer manufacturer has a ready market for various organically grown crops and is looking for farmers across the country to
August 13, 2021
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Mango flakes exporter helps farmers reduce seasonal losses
By George Munene Simon Musyoka invested up to Sh8 million in setting up the Sunsweet factory in Kitui Central that processes mangoes into flakes for
August 13, 2021
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Integrating trees into farms offers extra income & regenerates soils
By George Munene Syntropic agriculture/successional agroforestry is an integrated farming approach that involves the growing of marketable fruit and wood trees coupled with productive agricultural
August 13, 2021
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Desmodium and Napier diet raises milk yield
By George Munene Desmodium is a legume that offers a rich source of crude protein (10-17 per cent). For smallholder farmers it increases dietary nitrogen
August 13, 2021
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