NCPB compensating farmers who bought substandard fertiliser
The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) has announced that it has begun compensating farmers who bought substandard fertiliser under the government’s fertilizer subsidy program. This
The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) has announced that it has begun compensating farmers who bought substandard fertiliser under the government’s fertilizer subsidy program. This
As Kenyan farmers increasingly mechanise their agricultural practices to raise their yields and earnings, farmers should be wary of degrading soils through heavy agriculture machinery
The government’s stalled sunflower seed distribution program has left farmers frustrated as the long rains fall. When Dorcas Malika was registerd for the government’s sunflower
Ranked among the most food-insecure counties in Kenya, rice production has the potential to transform Garissa County into a food basket. The northeastern county has
The introduction of tropical sugarbeet varieties has opened up its cultivation to millions of farmers in Rift Valley, Central, and Nyanza. Given that sugarbeets are
On average, 76 per cent of market-bought seeds planted by Kenyan farmers germinate. Well below the acceptable 100-85 per cent maize germination percentage. This is
Launched on September 2023, the sunflower promotion project has purchased 570 metric tonnes of sunflower seeds from Zambia to be distributed to farmers in 24
The introduction of new hybrid rice varieties that can be grown without flooding has made rice farming viable in over one million hectares of land,
Cassava is a hardy, drought-tolerant crop ideal for smallholder farmers as it can be grown across a variety of conditions. The crop grows in areas
According to data by the Agriculture And Food Authority (AFA)-Horticultural Crops Directorate, the production of Russian Confrey (mafaki/mabaki) has risen from 1,354 metric tonnes (MT)
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