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October 2022

Naivasha farm offers Africa’s only tractor operation vocational training

Located in Naivasha, Manera Farm offers Africa’s only tractor vocational course. Through a three-day theoretical and practical course, learners are taught how to operate tractors, service and maintain them, as well as the safety precautions to take when handling them. The birth child of Claudia Torres, who is also a horticulture farmer, the training school […]

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Nakuru flower farm turns tonnes of waste into biogas with innovative tech

By George Munene Nakuru’s Oserian Flower Farm is working with QUBE Renewables Ltd. a British manufacturer of small-scale anaerobic digesters, that use bacteria to break down organic matter to generate biogas with zero greenhouse gas emissions that can be used for cooking and generating electricity. Oserian, one of the largest Kenyan producers and exporters of

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60% of farmers predict increased harvest owing to low-cost fertiliser–CBK Report

By George Munene According to an agriculture sector survey conducted by the Central Bank of Kenya, 60 per cent of farmers expect the volume of key food items to increase or remain the same during the next harvest following the introduction of government subsidised low-cost fertiliser in the market and favorable weather conditions. Over 60

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