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French Tech Center launches competition for digital agriculture solutions

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Through the innovative competition, #HackTonFutur, La French Tech Nairobi has launched its Kenyan Digital Agriculture edition dubbed Tuhack Tuomoke! for Kenyan high school students. The competition seeks to award the most innovative technological solution to improve Kenya’s agriculture.  The technology should be integrated to support farmers and offer digital tools, services, or platforms that could …

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Govt implements new rules on commercial tea leaf transporters

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As part of the government’s ongoing effort to streamline Kenya’s tea sector, it is implementing Section 37 (1) & 40 of the Tea Act, 2020 which will regulate the transportation of the green leaf by tea factories and the registration of commercial green tea leaves transporters. Transportation of green leaf by tea factories As part …

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Farmer intercrops fodder and food crops to utilise shrinking land

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In meeting household and livestock needs, one farmer has resorted to intercropping fodder and food crops to beat the shrinking land while increasing milk yields with the protein-rich purple vetch feed. Joseph Maina, who is a mixed farmer, owns seven dairy cows. In cutting the cost of protein supplements in commercial dairy meals, the farmer …

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Mulberry fodder gives livestock abudant protein intake

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Farmers growing mulberry fodder offer double proteins to livestock than those relying on most Napier grass varieties, which have failed to boost milk production despite the amounts served. Increased protein ration in dairy cows and goats, layers, and broilers among other livestock boosts yields, given that the body-building nutrients are core in the formation of …

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Homa Bay farmer pushes water into upstream ponds with solar-powered pump

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A solar-powered pump has helped a Homa Bay County farmer to continuously push water into two upstream ponds where he is rearing at least 1,000 tilapia fish.  Michael Olalo bought the SF1 solar pump from Futurepump to cut the fuel costs he was incurring while using a fossil fuel generator to push water from River …

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