In slowing the wearing out of the wooden posts of cheap greenhouses, one innovator is applying used engine oil to deter termite pests and extend the life of the farming structures to more than six years. Termite pests, which feed on wood, destroy farm structures by chipping the parts buried into the soil. Raphael Ngari …
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Registration of farmers in 24 pilot counties is underway ahead of the importation of 500 metric tonnes of sunflower seeds from Zambia. According to Ministry of Agriculture officials, the seeds will be in Kenya in two weeks time ahead of the November to December short rains and will be the first step in the state’s …
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Kenchic Limited has announced a five-shilling increment for its day-old layer, broiler, and Kenbro chicks. The price change which will take effect on Monday of next month means they will now retail for Sh140, Sh100, and Sh110 respectively. In a letter to its customers, East Africa’s biggest supplier of chicks cited a weakened shilling and …
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Farmers can boost their livestock’s nutritional content by up to 60 per cent by growing various sets of easy-to-grow shrub feeds, unlike the less productive common nappier grass. Apart from increasing yield on average by two litres per day, the shrubs would save farmers the large sums of money spent on commercial feeds. The best …
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Farmers are turning to weeds and other tree extracts to eradicate moles and other rodents after finding the method to be cheap and safe for use. Moles destroy crops by feeding on the roosts or pulling them down for leaves while mice attack grains like maize while on the cobs. James Mochere, a Nyamira County …
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Through the innovative competition, #HackTonFutur, La French Tech Nairobi has launched its Kenyan Digital Agriculture edition dubbed Tuhack Tuomoke! for Kenyan high school students. The competition seeks to award the most innovative technological solution to improve Kenya’s agriculture. The technology should be integrated to support farmers and offer digital tools, services, or platforms that could …
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As part of the government’s ongoing effort to streamline Kenya’s tea sector, it is implementing Section 37 (1) & 40 of the Tea Act, 2020 which will regulate the transportation of the green leaf by tea factories and the registration of commercial green tea leaves transporters. Transportation of green leaf by tea factories As part …
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Farmers growing fodder sorghum can double livestock milk production than those stuck to low-yielding and disease-susceptible Napier grass. Besides doing well in low rainfall areas, sorghum is not attacked by diseases like stunt, which causes dwarfism, yellowing of the leaves, thinning of the stems, and death of the stool after harvest. The disease has no …
In cutting down the irrigation water requirement, one Kitui County farmer has resorted to growing vegetables in sacks to meet domestic needs. The 90kg sacks host between 10 and 15 kales grown at the top as well as on the sides.Festus Mutemi mixes the soil with sawdust to reduce water loss after irrigation. Three litres …
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Farmers, who cover banana bunches with perforated polythene bags, may quicken the maturity of the fruit by up to two weeks due to the conducive micro-climate that is created. Polythene covers speeds up the maturity time by between five days, according to ProMusa, an online banana research repository. The cover, which runs from the first …
