Animals

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• Animals

Flower company gives free sheep to Maasai herders to increase their income

8 years ago Reporter

Grazing dorper sheep. Oserian flower firm uses the sheep to keep the grass short around the flower greenhouses further reducing...

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• Animals
• Crops

Bee keeping in farms increases crop yields by 70 per cent, research finds

8 years ago Reporter

A study by the African Insect Science for Food and Health in 2017 established that crop pollination by bees increases...

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• Animals

Government gives free chicks to women moving them from illicit brewers to chicken keepers

8 years ago Reporter

The ‘Inua Mama na Kuku Initiative’ which was introduced by Uasin Gishu County government four years ago has transformed the...

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• Animals

Kisumu poultry farmers to benefit from Sh100m government support

8 years ago Reporter

Over 1,200 farmers from seven constituencies of Kisumu County are set to benefit from a Sh100m support from Kenya Industrial...

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• Animals

Farmers earn Sh1000 more a year from rainbow rooster eggs

8 years ago Reporter

Prospective chicken farmers can now rear rainbow rooster, an improved kienyeji chicken that can be kept in a free range...

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• Animals

Water harvesting increases Mwingi farmer’s livestock herd

8 years ago Reporter

  Goats quenching their thirst at a water pan in Charles Kalili's farm/PHOTO/COURTESY.    Mwingi farmer Charles Kalili has tripled...

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• Animals

Wooden backyard pond keeps away fish predators

8 years ago Reporter

Fish farmers fearing loss of stock to predators can now construct a wooden portable pond that can accommodate 300 fish...

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• Animals

NGO launches app to help pastoralists locate water and grazing areas

8 years ago Reporter

Farmers in arid and semi-arid regions in Kenya can now locate water and grazing areas thanks to a new app...

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• Animals

Government launches programme in colleges to increase tilapia production

8 years ago Reporter

The government of Kenya through the Ministry of Agriculture and in collaboration with other foreign ministries has launched the national...

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• Animals

Mombasa farmer rears ornamental birds on worm-diet, halfs costs

8 years ago Reporter

Ornamental birds farmer, Lucy Ngugi, inspects duck and guinea fowl eggs being incubated by a turkey at her farm in Kiambu County....