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Savvy green maize farmers are utilising maize transplanting to beat other growers to market, doubling their profits. Over 90 per...
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Despite one-fifth of the world’s sugar now being gotten from sugar beets and most of the world’s industrialised nations using...
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The price of local Kenyan hard wheat is set to rise 40% on limited supplies, as that of imported soft...
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While most Kenyan farmers grow coffee in open sunny fields, others have embraced shade-grown coffee. This is a form of...
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The introduction of new hybrid rice varieties that can be grown without flooding has made rice farming viable in over...
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While the dangers of eating grains infected with aflatoxins have been well-documented, there is little information on a common occurrence...
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Coffee pulping or shelling refers to the removal of the red skin from ripe coffee cherries. This leaves a fruit...
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Cassava is a hardy, drought-tolerant crop ideal for smallholder farmers as it can be grown across a variety of conditions....
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As farmers protest across Europe, blockading cities, smashing through police barricades, and dumping manure, European politicians are falling over themselves...
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Packed full of protein and energy, sweet potato vines are a cheap but underutilised source of fodder. As feed prices...
