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Coastal farmers growing the Deejay Sampoorna coconut imported from India have halved their growing time while tripling their yields. The...
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Kenyan smallholder farmers are utilising the Machinery Rings (MR) self-help model to access mechanised farming services without having to purchase...
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The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) has announced that it has begun compensating farmers who bought substandard fertiliser under the...
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As Kenyan farmers increasingly mechanise their agricultural practices to raise their yields and earnings, farmers should be wary of degrading...
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The government’s stalled sunflower seed distribution program has left farmers frustrated as the long rains fall. When Dorcas Malika was...
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Ranked among the most food-insecure counties in Kenya, rice production has the potential to transform Garissa County into a food...
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The introduction of tropical sugarbeet varieties has opened up its cultivation to millions of farmers in Rift Valley, Central, and...
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On average, 76 per cent of market-bought seeds planted by Kenyan farmers germinate. Well below the acceptable 100-85 per cent...
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Launched on September 2023, the sunflower promotion project has purchased 570 metric tonnes of sunflower seeds from Zambia to be...
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The introduction of new hybrid rice varieties that can be grown without flooding has made rice farming viable in over...
