Joshua Njeru, a class eight leaver from Riando Primary School in Mbeere, Embu County, owns two butcheries in Mwea town which he has been able to open through rice farming. Each butchery earns him an average of Sh3,000 in profits daily. Njeru arrived in Mwea in 1996 where he worked as a casual laborer in […]
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Agriculture Technology Development Centre (ATDC) has introduced a cheap hand-pushed multipurpose tractor which may save small-scale farmers more than Sh1,000 per acre in tillage costs. Ronald Bosire of ATDC said the ‘walking tractor’, whose cost may be equivalent to three bulls, requires minimum skills to operate and can be used in various farm tasks. “The
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Joseph Maweu, a mango farmer from Kanzokoea Sub-location in Kathonzweni, Makueni County has doubled his income per season from Sh12, 800 about eight years ago to over Sh121, 000 currently thanks to a farmers’ group he joined which has helped him access, training, inputs and market. Before 2011, Maweu had 18 mango trees that
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By George Munene With banana prices at their usual December to February year low; current farm-gate prices range from Sh10 to 11 per kilogram, to the usual over Sh14, some farmers have resorted to feeding their bananas to cattle. Patrick Mbora, a banana farmer and middleman at Mwea, avoids these perennial losses by having his
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Hass avocado farmers in Kenya can earn over two times as compared to their peers growing other varieties such as feurte, keitt, and pinkerton among others due to the variety’s high demand in the international market. Data from Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (Kephis) indicates that, in 2018-2019 financial year, the country exported around 80,000
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By George Munene The Kenya Commercial Bank, Kenya’s biggest bank by assets, plans to strengthen its lending in agriculture, energy, infrastructure, and housing projects. This according to Chief Executive Officer Joshua Oigara should contribute to the bank’s loan book growing by as much as 20 per cent in the coming year. The bank also plans
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By George Munene Talks are ongoing between Nairobi and Cairo for The Kenya Meat Commission to begin export of Kenyan meat products to Egypt. “There has been ongoing engagement between The Kenya Meat Commission and Egyptian authorities for over two years and we should hopefully see Kenyan meat in the Egyptian market in the next
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By George Munene Farmers from Kenya’s grain hub of North Rift Valley have demanded a rise in the price of maize being offered by The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) from Sh.1,305 for a 50 kilogram bag to Sh.3,000 for a 90 kilogram bag. This price farmers say is commensurate to the cost of
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By George Munene Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya has announced an increase on sugar prices from the current Ksh3,833 per tonne to Ksh4,112 per tonne, effective November 18th 2021. Therefore, the CS has directed cane millers to adhere to the new prices while making payments to the farmers, noting that any farmer being paid less
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By George Munene The lifting of a self imposed ban on mango exportation to the European market has led to an increase in the price fetched for the fruit from one to three shilling to Sh15 a piece. The eight year ban was imposed by Kenyan authorities to tackle the poor quality of mangoes that
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