Snail slime is set to be among the fastest-rising skin care products with its market set to expand by 5.8 per cent in every one of the next 10 years to reach $2.40 billion. This is being driven by rising consumer awareness and demand for cosmetics that naturally and ‘cleanly’ fix the skin. In the […]
Cosmetic buyers chase snail slime for skin health, opening new market Read More »
More than 100 Mombasa urban families are cheaply growing vegetable hills on cement bags, plastic jerry cans, and vertical pipes, enriching their cereals, beans, and fish diets. Only five per cent of Kenyans eat the the recommended five servings of vegetables and fruit daily. This is according to The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
Mombasa families pull vegetables into diets by growing vegetable towers in plastic pipes Read More »
Every year Kenya’s 680,000 tea farmers sacrifice some of their October tea bonus pay to buy chemical fertilisers, they are decimating their soils to the point that their yields have halved. To reverse this damage and double their output, farmers only need to start adding manure to their soils. The country’s tea farmers produce less
Manure doubles tea harvest by fixing soil damage from fertiliser Read More »
By Fadhili Fredrick A passionate and determined farmer in Kwale County is scaling up the production of biochar targeting at least 30 bags by the end of this year to double his production and improve his earnings. Mr. Athuman Chaka has portioned his half-acre farm with at least 20 small-sized pits for the preparation of
Growing drought-tolerant Lablab or Njahi fodder is a livestock saver that could prove critical to farmers and herders as Kenya heads into renewed drought. During Kenya’s severe 2022 drought, 2.5 million livestock valued at Sh50 billion died from a lack of feed and water. To protect their animals from the oncoming drought more than half
Njahi set to save cattle in region’s new drought Read More »
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Roundup of agriculture jobs in Kenya– 28th October, 2024 Read More »
Planning for last year’s short-season weather saw farmer Michael Mumia fly free of the 25 per cent losses suffered by almost all his neighbours, in a single smart move to maize that coped with excessive rains, and a double win by interfropping too. After reading FarmBizAfrica’s piece on August 31, 2023 (El Nino a 99%
Weather-fitting farmer beats all with 40% boost in yield Read More »
By Shuaibu Anokehi Yahaya Nigerian farmers can now access two varieties of fast-maturing and drought-tolerant open-pollinated maize seeds that increase their yields from three to five tons per hectare and are resistant to maize streak virus and leaf blight. While maize farming is a profitable business in Nigeria, with average incomes per acre ranging from
Nigerian farmers get access to open-pollinated maize seeds increasing yields 66% Read More »
By Henry Jami Mang’eni Farmers increase the growth rates of their coconuts by 30 per cent and get up to three times more nuts through proper management. According to the FAO, well-taken-care coconuts farms also get double, 1.5-2 tons of copra (coconut flesh), per per hectare every year compared to farmers with poorly managed farms. While
Farmers growing one of Kenya’s fastest-growing cash crops, castor beans, should avoid them or their children ingesting the highly toxic bean which causes severe health issues and can lead to death after eating just two of the beans. Gotten from the Ricinus communis plant, castor beans are pressed for their oil with the seed cake
Tackling poisoning from castor beans– Kenya’s fast-growing cash crop Read More »