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September 2024

Roundup of agriculture jobs in Kenya: 30th September, 2024

1. Position: Assistant Vocational and Technical Trainee III Employer: County Government of Kisumu Location: Kisumu  Duties and Responsibilities Requirements for appointment; How to apply: The candidates should apply by downloading and filling application for employment form available on our website www.kisumu.go.ke, fill and submit together with copies of academic and professional certificates inPDF format as […]

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Brewer’s sorghum growers take flight to better-paying contracts

Sorghum farmers are earning up to 15 shillings more a kilo after switching from growing the grain for East African Breweries Limited to being contracted farmers for seed producers.  On her 10-acre farm in Nkubu, Meru County, Jacinta Nkirote grows various varieties of sorghum and cowpeas for the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO).

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Farmers research for years in search of perfect feed formula from abandoned crops and waste products

Savvy livestock and poultry farmers are researching and formulating their own animal feeds from abandoned food crops and ‘waste’ products that outperform the nutritional value of storebought feeds. In its booklet, low-cost homemade supplement for dairy cows, the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) states that commercial feeds are 20 per cent of the

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Potato farmers save costs and increase yields with smaller, cheaper potato planters

Small-scale potato farmers have tumbled their labour costs and multiplied their yields by using small and cheap potato planters. Partial mechanisation of potato planting in Kenya saves up to 40 per cent in costs for farmers. This is because it reduces the number of manual labourers working on a two hectare farm from 75 to

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African farmers’ knowledge gap sees continent remain least productive globally

African farmers are farming blind with the cavernous hole in farmer knowledge leading to the continent’s agriculture sector being the least productive in the world. A study of the knowledge gaps among smallholder farmers in Tanzania found that 98.7 per cent of them were unaware that there was such a thing as a beneficial insect

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State reverses plans on horticulture standard being mandatory for farmers

By George Munune, FarmBizAfrica.com The Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) on Thursday (19th September 2024) issued a statement that the KS1758 horticulture standard, which lays out some of the world’s harshest farm regulations, will be optional for Kenyan farmers, following reporting by FarmBizAfrica.com of the authority’s plans to make the standard mandatory. Earlier the same

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Nigeria shines a light delivering farmer weather forecasts

Nigeria is leading the way in weather services for farmers, delivering year-long forecasts and detailed agricultural advice across its entire federation. In Kenya, farmers remain without the forecasts on a vacuum in coordinating forecasts across the county system, set up in 2010. According to the FAO, farmers with access to long-term, detailed weather information increase

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Agriculture Jobs in Kenya– 16th September, 2024

Employer: GROOTS Kenya Location: Nairobi Job type: Contract About the position: GROOTS is a national movement of grassroots women-led community-based groups (CBOs) and Self Help Groups (SHGs) in Kenya. Our Mission To facilitate grassroots women effective engagement in development through movement building, leadership and advocacy Qualifications:  Budget: Interested consultants are invited to submit a detailed

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