Suppliers of brewer’s waste (machicha) are recording booming sales as farmers turn to the waste from beer making to halve the heavy cost of dairy meal. Research has shown that brewers’ waste which costs Sh12.5 a kilogram in Kenya can be used to partly replace dairy meal concentrate which costs Sh41 a kilogram. “The response […]
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Smallholders in Kenya are facing an urgent need to rescue their soils following Kenya’s worst floods in three decades to stop their yields falling for all future crops. Studies show that floods after long periods of drought can damage soils up to 25 times more than ordinary flooding. This leaves soils with less than a
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Millet is rising as a food of choice on growing evidence it manages diabetes, preventing the debilitating and deadly consequences of the disease that is soaring across Africa. In Kenya, diabetes is ranked among the top 10 causes of death and disability, with diabetes-related deaths in Nairobi estimated to have increased by 65 per cent
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Uganda-based turmeric processor is looking to recruit over 800,000 Kenyan farmers to grow the highly lucrative crop with an earning potential of Sh500,000 an acre. Oliver Ndegwa, the head of Turmeric Kenya, is targeting at least 600,000 Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) farmers and another 200,000 sugarcane farmers supplying 50MT of the herb every month.
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1. Position: Intern – CGIAR hub for sustainable finance (ImpactSF), Nairobi Employer: Bioversity International Location: Nairobi, Kenya About the position: We are looking for an intern to work within the ClimARM project, within the ImpactSF Unit. The intern would also provide support to the Ag360 Fund provided as a grant by Convergence which aims to
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Homabay County groundnut farmers have gotten farming contracts with Kenyan peanut processors assuring them of a ready market for their produce. The Kenya Association of Manufacturers with its partners Premier Foods, Tru Foods, Kenya Nut, and Greenforest is advising over 1,000 farmers of the Homa Bay County Peanut Co-operative Society on the production of peanut
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Nairobi County is registering urban farmers to supply the county’s markets with safe clean foods. Under the Safer Urban Food Systems program, 20,000 urban and peri-urban farmers will get training on safe food production before getting access to new markets selling directly to consumers. The program will cover Nairobi as well as Machakos, Kiambu, and
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Egerton University researchers have developed a herbal remedy preventing Coccidiosis parasites in 80 per cent of free-range chickens helping control the rise in artificial drug resistance in poultry. Coccidiosis is one of the most costly poultry diseases in Kenya causing over 50 per cent in losses for farmers. The use of prophylactic antibiotics– drugs given
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Agriculture graduates in Kenya face a one million shillings fine or a three-year prison term if they are not registered and have a license once a new proposed bill is passed by parliament. The Agricultural Professionals Registration & Licensing Bill, 2024 requires that all agriculture professionals holding a degree, diploma, or certificate be registered to
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Moving away from cultivating his soil with a disc plough to a chisel plough has helped Ken Mworia, a maize farmer in Giaki in Meru County, increase his yield from 15 bags to 20 bags an acre in two and a half years. Having gotten information on the benefits the use of chisel ploughs had
Meru farmer adds 5 maize bags an acre shifting from disc to chisel plough Read More »