Livestock farmers make ‘super’ silage adding sweet potato to Napier grass
Livestock farmers can boost the Napier grass protein content by including sweet potato vines as well as storage roots in making ‘super’ silage. The commonest
Livestock farmers can boost the Napier grass protein content by including sweet potato vines as well as storage roots in making ‘super’ silage. The commonest
Charles Oloo, a vegetable farmer in Homa Bay County earns Sh7500 a week up from Sh3000 from harvesting five bags of cabbage, a factor he
Farmers living in frost-prone areas can reduce losses due to dehydration by growing susceptible crops in sunken seedbeds, whose soil is warmer than the surface.
Eric Gathirwa Kariuki, an Alumni of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology has come up with a biofuel innovation that utilizes water hyacinth into
Patrick Omoro, a small-scale fish farmer from Homa Bay County has adopted seine nets in fish pond cropping saying hooks killed much of his young
Farmers who feed their cows on a balanced diet are more likely to improve milk production than those who do not. Good fed cows must
In 2017, Hellen Cheruiyot, a farmer based in Elgeyo Marakwet decided to intercrop her maize crop with sweet potatoes, a venture that is now earning
Smallholder farmers in Kenya can improve fertility in their farms by protecting the soil from erosion, avoiding burning of crop residues, incorporating manure and fertilisers
Farmers in Kisii have increased their avocado incomes from six shillings using non-grafted seedlings to between nine and ten shillings per fruit after planting grafted
Rapeseed is one of the crops in demand in Kenya’s local markets. Agventure Limited, a conservation agriculture company is contracting farmers to grow Rapeseed also
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