The country’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 5.9 per cent in the third quarter of 2023, compared to 4.3 per cent in the corresponding quarter of 2022. This growth was mainly supported by a rebound in agricultural activities that had contracted in 2022. During the review quarter, Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing activities’ Gross […]
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Tea production for the month of October 2023 recorded improved performance by 2.18 Million Kgs from 50.61 Million Kgs registered during the same period of last year to 52.79 Million Kgs. Production for October was also much more enhanced compared to 48.30 Million Kgs recorded in September and 45.57 Million Kgs in August this year.
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Small holder farmers, who account for 90 per cent of the agricultural output in Africa, are extremely poor, because of poor market information for their produce, a study by the Agricultural Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) say.The report revealed that 85 per cent of smallholder farmers lack information and connectivity to lucrative markets at provincial,
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Small scale farmers in Kenya and other parts of Africa who relied on traditional jembe (hoe) to till and sow seeds are now able to use Spear Planter, a more efficient farm tool which enables the farmers to minimize soil disturbance making the medium maintain its fertility for bumper yields. The tool also known as
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Farmers living in frost-prone areas can reduce losses due to dehydration by growing susceptible crops in sunken seedbeds, whose soil is warmer than the surface. Apart from reducing the amount of water required for irrigation, the sunken seedbeds also help in protecting crops such as peas, beans, dolichos, French beans among, others against harsh weather.
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Patrick Omoro, a small-scale fish farmer from Homa Bay County has adopted seine nets in fish pond cropping saying hooks killed much of his young fish during his first year in farming. “Using hook and bait in cropping and harvesting fish reduces quality and eventual profit,” said Omoro According to him, hooks have baits at
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Smallholder farmers in Kenya can improve fertility in their farms by protecting the soil from erosion, avoiding burning of crop residues, incorporating manure and fertilisers and using drip instead of overhead irrigation. Research by the Kenya Agricultural Productivity Project on land degradation assessment in Kenya revealed that almost all the counties in Kenya are at
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Farmers in Kisii have increased their avocado incomes from six shillings using non-grafted seedlings to between nine and ten shillings per fruit after planting grafted Hass avocado variety. “With the grafted seedlings, farmers are able to obtain quick fruiting in their plants. The flowers and fruits produced by a graft are of superior quality as
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A community cinema being credited with saving Kakamega forest, that hosts some of the most rare birds globally, and which is under threat of human encroachment, with the videos being key in delivering the urgent need for locals to conserve the forest. Traditionally people living around the forest have been blamed for moving into the
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A communal grazing model in Samburu that allows camel herds to graze simultaneously in organized plots using a rotation schedule is taming inter clan clashes while preserving dwindling fodder a move that is seeing the slow come back of camels that has been the signature heritage of the Samburu people. Lack of access to water
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