Peter Kanyagia a former accountant is earning up to Sh100,000 every three months rearing and breeding red worms which are in demand by farmers in organic farming who use them to create manure used to grow organic crops. The process of putting worms in the farms dubbed vermicomposting involves placing worms in beds with the […]
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Farmers have been encouraged to plant hairy vetch not just for livestock consumption but also for a number of purposes that include nitrogen fixation into the soil, weed suppression, soil erosion prevention, and building of soil organic matter among others. This vine-like, vigorously-growing, cold-tolerant, winter-hardy, annual legume has been found by many experts to be
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Speaking at the milk processors stakeholders meeting held at State House, Nakuru, President William Ruto said that the government is investing in milk cold chain facilities by buying 650 coolers to address milk perishability in Kenya. “To manage milk quality, we have rolled out 460 milk coolers across the country. We are also investing Sh8
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According to President William Ruto’s top economic adviser, David Ndii, the dairy sector offers the quickest and most impactful opportunity to improve the country’s cost of living, create jobs, enhance foreign exchange, offer inclusive growth, and address youth unemployment in Kenya. “Kenya is the biggest milk producer in Africa with about five million total cows.
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Brookside Dairy has begun the distribution of Super Napier Grass (Pakchong 1) planting material to its network of farmers in high milk-producing regions in an effort to improve milk output. The initiative follows successful trials on the fodder and seeks to ensure there is a continual milk supply to the milk processor. Speaking in Nakuru
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As the cost of feeds increases over drier months, some farmers escaped the harsh weather with brachiaria grass, which has shown tolerance to drought. Homa bay farmer Stephen Nyamisi continued to feed his cow from the quarter an acre piece of land, where he has grown the bracharia grass. This ensured continued milk flow for
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Through the Kanjikomu Self-Help Group, Kirinyaga farmers have begun tasting honey farming’s sweet returns. The 24-member group has so far had two harvests totaling 200 kilograms, selling each kilogram of the raw honey for Sh1,000 to an Israeli buyer sourced online. Initially founded as a table banking association, members pivoted to beekeeping after taking a
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A Nyandarua County farmer has maintained milk production with hay and silage, which he harvests and prepares at his farm in Kinangop. Joseph Mbugua converts the hay into bales and fodder maize into silage, months ahead of every season. The three cows consume about 40 litres of water per day and he gets about 20-25
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Farmers growing fodder sorghum can double livestock milk production than those stuck to low-yielding and disease-susceptible Napier grass. Besides doing well in low rainfall areas, sorghum is not attacked by diseases like stunt, which causes dwarfism, yellowing of the leaves, thinning of the stems, and death of the stool after harvest. The disease has no
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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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