Vegetable farmers, who lose up to 50 per cent of their harvest to spider mites, can wipe out the pest using its biological enemy and relative, Real IPM Phytoseiulus. Phytoseiulus persimilis, is a mite that feeds on all stages of the spider mites, therefore, an appropriate and sustainable approach to dealing with the pest without […]
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Farmers growing tagasaste, tree lucerne, can feed livestock for close to 30 years with this hardy, leafy and protein rich fodder shrub. Besides being a nitrogen fixing tree, tagasaste has sweet scented flowers for bees. It is a highly palatable fodder for goats, cows, sheep and other livestock including poultry. Its digestibility is between 77
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Research has shown that smallholder farmers can increase milk yields for their animals by feeding them on a mixture of Napier grass and Desmodium. Napier grass is a species of perennial tropical grass native to the African grasslands. A majority of small scale farmers use the crop to feed their animals in the dairy production
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Farming can be a profitable and fulfilling activity for anyone with a commitment to pursue it as a career. For Florence Bonareri of Kilgoris, Narok County, farming has been her main source of livelihood. Income from growing and selling vegetables has enabled her to afford utility bills, educate her children and invest in diverse projects.
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By George Munene The Word Food Programme (WFP) has warned that more than 13 million people across Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia face severe hunger as the driest conditions in decades spread a devastating drought across the region. This owes to three consecutive failed rainy seasons leading to crop failure and an abnormally high rate of
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By George Munene Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) is working to upscale teff production in Kenya—a drought tolerant dual-purpose crop that can be used for both human and livestock consumption. Teff is native to Ethiopia and has mainly been used as a grain crop in the making of Injera, a sour fermented flatbread,
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By George Munene According to The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS), despite reaching a bilateral agreement that eases access to the South Korean market for the Kenya’s green bananas and broccoli, farmers have only exported less than a combined one tonne of the agriproduce to the East Asian nation. This owes to a lack
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