By George Munene The flooding of Ethiopian tomatoes into the Kenyan market has led to a halt in the good times for Kenyan farmers as the wholesale price of tomatoes has dropped by a whopping 40 per cent over the past two weeks in major markets. The long March to April rains are usually accompanied […]
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By George Munene Heifer International, a multinational nonprofit that seeks to end hunger and poverty by investing in farmers is looking to train young dairy, poultry, or livestock farmers helping them start or grow their own agribusinesses. The program run jointly with leading digital microlearning platform Kuza Biashara is looking to promote youth agripreneurship and
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This being planting season for farmers and fertilisers at record prices or unavailable to most small-scale farmers, we will be covering the simplest ways of making organic fertiliser in under one week. Weed Tea This is made by stuffing ¼ full of weeds into a bucket and filling it with water. It is then
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By George Munene According to Ireland’s aid and humanitarian agency Concern Worldwide, the Horn of Africa is facing its worst drought since 1981. This has left over 13 million people in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia facing severe hunger and water shortages. Of this, up to 5.5 million children are acutely malnourished and face the prospect
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By George Munene The Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) and the United States Agency for Development (USAID) have inked a two-year deal that will mobilise Sh 100 million to finance livestock farmers in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs). “This deal will help us link arid livestock farmers to markets, provide access to credit for small-scale
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By George Munene Bryan Kwena has carved a niche for himself as the go-to guy for anyone sourcing sesame in bulk from East Africa. Despite his company, Orgature Sesame Supply Limited, being based in Kenya, he’s often forced to source the cereal from Uganda which incurs him an extra cost. But as he explains it;
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By George Munene Government approval for the importation of genetically modified (GM) soymeal could reduce the cost of fish feed by up to 20 per cent. Speaking during an African aquaculture stakeholder meeting held by KTN Global Alliance Africa, Tunga Nutrition General Manager Harrison Juma highlighted that approval of the importation of GM soybean would
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Farmers with limited pieces of land can keep up to 20 hives within an area of about 240 square feet by constructing temporal structures a few metres from homesteads. Bee rearing Nyabwaroro Self-help Group Chairman Ezekiel Ndege said the simple timber structures help in restraining animals and human beings from disturbing the bees besides maximising
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Gradual increment of dairy meal served to the cows soon after parturition keep milk yields steady past the two first peak months. An increase of between a half a kilo and one kilo of the dairy meal improves the food reserves in the cow, although its appetite remains low in the first two month of
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Farmers, who make up to 100 per cent losses due to attack of crops by nematodes and wilts, can control the microbes by dredging soils using trichoderma fungus. Nematodes, bacteria wilt, fusarium wilt among other disease causing pathogens have been classified by other farmers as ‘HIV’ to mean that once they attack crops, recovery is
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