Smart farms

Carrots are emerging as a crop of choice among many smallholder farmers due to their affordable management schedules, quick maturity and high returns with a kilo retailing for as much as Sh80.Good conditions for growthThe crop grows well in cool to warm climate although it’s recommended that they are grown in temperatures ranging from 15 […]

Rice farmers in Kenya are set to double their production, reduce seed wastage by 90 percent and cut on water costs by 40 percent, thanks to a new precise production method that significantly reduce plant population, improve soil conditions and require less water.Dubbed System of Rice Intensification (SRI), this low water, labor-intensive, organic method that

Small-scale poultry farmers can predict with certainty the percentage of chicks to be hatched by testing fertility for eggs against light in a cheap  and simple process. The procedure, which is better known as candling, together with other practices, can lead to 100 per cent natural hatching just like in artificial incubation. A farmer does

More than 300,000 farmers would soon have a sure way of planning production calendars after the conclusion of an ongoing weather prediction pilot project in the Western and Rift Valley. Western Wiser would reach out to famers through short message services, SMS. The farmers would get updates of weekly weather patterns, which will inform their

A super fertilizer that increases the weight of bananas by up to 10kgs is promising to increase the Kenya’s production by three fold, sealing the country’s huge banana deficit currently standing at 600,000 tonnes per year.Banana production in Kenya Kenya produced slightly less than 10m tonnes last year against a consumption of 10.8m tonnes per

Poultry farming is gaining momentum in Kenya; thanks to the all time market and quick returns associated with the business. This has sometimes seen farmers hastily purchase chicks that end up dying while on transit, incurring huge losses.This has sometimes seen farmers most hastily purchase chicks that end up dying on transit, incurring huge losses.

Poultry farmers can use honey, guava or coconut juice to successfully contain stress in their birds and improve the quality of eggs, thanks to a recent study by the Federal University of Agriculture in Nigeria that shows that these product are antioxidant capable of removing toxins accumulated in the chicken body due to heat stressThis

Passion fruit market in Brussels, Belgium, has opened up with demand steadily rising against dwindling supply from Kenya, Zimbabwe and other global suppliers shrink. Brussels-based  global fruit importer, Starfruit, has announced that the deficit has caused price instability in the commodity. Although the company never gave the shortfall figures, Ive Lambert said, Starfruit official was

Small holder maize farmers in Kenya with crop on less than five acres are set to benefit from a subsidized insurance covers if their expected yields fall by more than 20 per cent due to extreme weather conditions. This is good news to more than 70 per cent of maize farmers in the country who