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• Pests

Farmer turns to herbs to cure potato disease as commercial chemicals seem ineffective and expensive

7 years ago Reporter

One Kirinyaga County farmer is turning local herbs into remedy against potato blight disease, which has proven hard to control...

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• Animals

Why getting it right in breeding is a great success in commercial rabbit farming

7 years ago Reporter

One of the California white doe rabbit at Felix Maina's Forest Lane Rabbit Breeders's farm In Embu County. He keeps the...

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• Crops

Company helps farmers set up multistory garden that can last for 10 years

7 years ago Reporter

Farmers with small pieces of land can today maximize their crop production by setting up multistory gardens that can last...

3 min read

• Markets

Market opens for small-scale cassava farmers in Machakos County

7 years ago Reporter

Ebwana Tereka cassava variety which was released in 2017 by Kenya Agricultural Livestock and Research Organisation (KALRO). Smallholder farmers in Machakos...

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• Crops

Farmer who quit maize for tomatoes earns six times more

7 years ago Reporter

In 2009, Catherine Mumbi quit maize and beans farming due to low yields and poor prices to focus on horticulture...

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• Markets

Journalist ventures into honey production, buys produce from farmers

7 years ago Reporter

Shortage of honey in the market prompted Gerald Mutunga, a Journalist by profession to venture into honey production to reduce...

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• Markets

Orphaned passion fruit farmers in Machakos find strength by coming together

7 years ago Reporter

Part of a passion fruit farm of one of the farmers in Mwingi, Machakos County. Photo courtesy. Some five yellow...

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• Animals

Access to information helps Dorper sheep farmer avert 60 per cent loss in sales

7 years ago Reporter

Part of Kiprono's Dorper sheep grazing at his Baringo Farm. The farmer has adapted to the new technology to help...

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• Crops

Exporter training North Rift farmers on passion fruit production

7 years ago Reporter

Simon Kirima, an exporter of passion fruits is training North Rift farmers who hitherto depend on maize for food and...

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• Animals

Procurement graduate who failed to land a job earns big from poultry farming

7 years ago Reporter

Amos Nyambane invested four years of his life training to be a Procurement Officer. In 2016, he graduated with a...