November 2021

By George Munene Mex­ican Marigold (tithonia di­ver­si­fo­lia) is for many farm­ers no more than a men­acing weed. For Allan Kamau, a mixed farmer in Ki­ambu County, however, using the read­ily avail­able weed known for its char­ac­ter­istic yel­low/or­ange flowers and strong odor has en­abled him to es­chew ex­pens­ive store-bought fertilizers.​as well as in­creas­ing his ar­row­root yield. “Ini­tially, I was using …

How Kiambu farmer utilises Mexican Marigold weed as home-made fertilizer Read More »

A visit to Kenya Plant Health In­spect­or­ate Ser­vice (KEPHIS) Mom­basa in­spired Luke Kim­weli to try a new crop on his one acre farm in Janu­ary 2016: a crop that is now earn­ing him Sh840,000 per sea­son from his farm in Emali, Kib­wezi. But, within five years, that same crop should be earn­ing him Sh5m a …

Kibwezi farmer banks on long term mkwaju farm investment Read More »

In 2018, Patrick Kirui, a Kabarak University graduate left his marketing job at a Nakuru based firm after working for six months to focus on passion fruits farming, a venture that is now earning him up to Sh60,000 a month. In this, Kirui is assured of monthly income compared to his previous job in which …

Former marketer finds success in passion fruit farming Read More »

Scientists have recommended simple indigenous ways that ugali lovers can significantly reduce levels of aflatoxin in their maize meals using liquid extracted from banana peels or beans and maize stalks ash solutions. This is cheaper and affordable as compared to aflasafe, a biological solution made from sterile sorghum and coated with four atoxigenic applied to …

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When Ant­ony Okoth Ogal gradu­ated in 2016 from St. Paul’s Nyabur­uru Teach­ers Train­ing Col­lege as P1 teacher he knew em­ploy­ment was just around the corner. However, this was not to be as he was forced into hust­ling jobs which would later usher him into mixed farm­ing, a ven­ture which has seen him cre­ate own firm …

Kisumu teacher builds model mixed farm with little savings Read More »