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Ujuzikilimo helps farmers get personalized weather updates, crop management and market information

7 years ago Reporter

Smallholder farmers can get real-time information within three minutes by using Ujuzikilimo, an interactive short message service which allows farmers...

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Increased demand for Kenyan flowers in the US excites producers and exporters

7 years ago Reporter

Participant at the recently concluded International Floriculture Trade Expo (IFTEX) in Nairobi. Photo courtesy. The increased demand of Kenyan flowers in...

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Village chicken auction market helps small scale farmers fetch better prices

7 years ago Reporter

Chicken auctioneers at Kiling'ot auction Market in Baringo County. Photo, Ebru TV. Small scale farmers in Kiling'ot village, Baringo County who...

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Agri-Entrepreneur: How I have used technology to connect 7,000 Kenya smallholder farmers to global markets

7 years ago Reporter

John Oroko Co-founder Selina Wamucii Limited. Photo courtesy. A personal drive to change the fortunes of rural farmers and an...

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Narok group buying red onions from all-comers

7 years ago Reporter

A group of four traders is buying red onions from all-comers across Kenya. The group led by Lenny Gitonga is...

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A group of persistent oil crops farmers in Busia looking for more markets for their produce

7 years ago Reporter

A section of chia crop farm in Busia County. Farmers in the area have been growing the crop among other...

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Company offers Kwale beekeepers training and market for their produce

7 years ago Reporter

Trainers taking farmers through on how to harvest honey. The Hive Group, a bee farming company to help farmers in...

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Kenyan smallholders to benefit from loans with longer maturity period to boost production

7 years ago Reporter

Cabbage farmer in Nyamira County, Western Kenya. Crop producers always face various farming challengers which are traced to finance. Photo...

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How to control the False Coding Moth pest that causes rejection of fresh produce in international markets

7 years ago Reporter

Kenya’s Horticultural Crops Department reports that 17 out of 29 rejections of horticultural produce in the international market in the...

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John Deere offering brand new tractor models for the price of a second-hand pick-up

7 years ago Reporter

One of the barriers to entry in the commercial agriculture sector is the perception that the mechanized equipment needed to...