Chicken feed prices have risen by at least 37 per cent in the last four years according to a new report by the Competition Authority of Kenya, driving farmers to make their own feeds. This has led to the price of chicken feed in Kenya being almost double that in South Africa and Brazil. According […]
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Livestock keepers face two months imprisonment if they move Foot and Mouth Disease and Peste des Petits Ruminants unvaccinated animals. As of the start of the national livestock vaccination programme two weeks ago farmers will be required to have vaccination certificates for the two diseases from their County Director of Veterinary Services to transport livestock
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Uganda coffee farmers have turned to alcohol traps to clear 70 per cent of coffee twig borers which have been losing them $40 million every year. The black coffee twig borer (BCTB) is a big threat to African farming. Farmers have found it difficult to kill the pest because it digs deep inside coffee twigs
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By Henry Jami Mang’eni Soil degradation is crippling agricultural output in Kilifi County, cutting yields in half and threatening food security. But a growing movement among farmers is reversing this decline through simple yet transformative changes: abandoning burning, embracing organic fertilisers, and planting drought-resistant crops. In Ganze and parts of Kilifi North, farmers are now
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Moringa leaf spray is offering a rescue to farmers from wheat leaf rust, found in 70 per cent of Kenyan farms, following the banning of the fungicide most used in controlling the pest. According to researchers, the spray prevents the growth of the wheat leaf rust fungus by over 90 per cent. Affecting seven out
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Smallholder bean farmers in Western Kenya have seen their bean harvests increase by 200 percent and their maize production increase from two tonnes per hectare every season to five tonnes per ha/season, thanks to the addition of 60 kg per hectare of phosphate rocks mined in Tanzania. Up to 80 per cent of Western Kenya’s
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At least Sh30 billion worth of agriculture funding has been halted in Kenya following the United State’s 90-day suspension of all foreign aid. The US government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) currently has eight umbrella agriculture projects running in Kenya that directly benefit up to five million farmers, pastoralists, and mainly
By Francis Ndirangu Naivas poultry farm has increased its egg production from 500 to 1,200 per day from their 1,500 kienyeji chicken by doing away with expensive chicken feeds for a free weed grown on water. According to farm manager Alex Maina who is a veterinarian by profession this has all been made possible by
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KEPHIS has made a list of all the 1,262 planting seeds and crops sold in Kenya with their characteristics, the region of the country they are suited to and the name of the company selling them. The Kenya National Crop Variety List which can be found here: KNCVL, helps you pick the right seed or
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One of Africa’s leading sunn hemp seed suppliers is adding 30+ new farmers to his client book every three months, as savvy growers push demand for the natural fertiliser to build back their soils and yields From supplying just a handful of farmers in 2017, Samuel Munge delivers around 10 tonnes of sunn hemp monthly
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