April 2022

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NGO looking to train young Kenyan dairy, poultry, livestock agripreneurs

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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Horn of Africa facing the worst drought in 41 years

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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KCB, USAID Sh100M fund to finance Kenya’s arid livestock farmers

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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Approval of GM soymeal would reduce fish feed costs by 20%

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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Temporary bee hives help farmers utilise limited spaces

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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Funguses helping farmers fight soil-borne diseases

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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