April 2024

Coastal farmers growing the Deejay Sampoorna coconut imported from India have halved their growing time while tripling their yields. The hybrid variety issued by KALRO to 200 Coastal farmers in 2019 is early maturing– taking just two-and-a-half to three years, and high yielding– giving 250 to 300 coconuts annually when fully mature. Previously, most of […]

Kenyan smallholder farmers are utilising the Machinery Rings (MR) self-help model to access mechanised farming services without having to purchase costly farm equipment. Originating in Germany, the concept relies on a local member-based self-help network of individual farms or agricultural contractors who share and pay for individually owned agrimachinery. A member farmer can be a

The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) has announced that it has begun compensating farmers who bought substandard fertiliser under the government’s fertilizer subsidy program. This follows a directive from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MOALD) that all farmers who bought KEL fertilisers be compensated. In a press release issued today, (24th April 2024),

As Kenyan farmers increasingly mechanise their agricultural practices to raise their yields and earnings, farmers should be wary of degrading soils through heavy agriculture machinery compaction.  Soil compaction is mainly caused by use of heavy machinery and traditional land preparation methods. It increases soil density which decreases the tiny holes within the soil and can

The government’s stalled sunflower seed distribution program has left farmers frustrated as the long rains fall. When Dorcas Malika was registerd for the government’s sunflower promotion project in December of last year, the Bura based farmer expected to have already sown her crop ahead March-May long rains. “Among our farmer cooperative, less than ten per