Tools

By George Munene The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization Agricultural Mechanization Research Institute (KALRO-AMRI) has manufactured a small grains multi-crop thresher that will help farmers reduce their threshing cost by over 90 per cent while increasing thousandfold the amount of grain produced per hour. The multi-crop thresher will increase farmer profit margin, and labour …

KALRO manufactures multi-grain thresher to increase farmer profits Read More »

By George Munene US agriculture equipment maker John Deere and AGRA (Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa) are running a competition for Kenyan youth engaged in agriculture whose winner will take home a 50 Horsepower, 5050D TWD John Deere Tractor. The competition will run until 31st March 2022. The  #JohnDeereAGRACompetition will be open to: …

John Deere competition gifts tractor to Kenyan youth in agriculture Read More »

By George Munene A computer operations supervisor by profession, Peter Musakali has cut a niche for himself within the agriculture space in helping farmers source for and acquire European second-hand tractors and agricultural equipment which are less than half the cost of newly bought tractors.  “A new tractor bought from a dealer in Kenya costs about Sh3.5M; this puts mechanised farming …

IT specialist helps farmers acquire 2nd hand EU tractors at half the cost of new ones  Read More »

By George Munene The Hello Tractor platform is an innovative tool for tractor owners and farmers that helps track all their tractor(s)’ activities remotely, enabling them to easily manage their fleet.  Through the Hello Tractor app, tractor owners can hire out their tractors at a fee. This allows small scale who do not own tractors to book them …

App helps farmers remotely manage & hire tractors Read More »

By George Munene A Ngara company is offering country-wide delivery of double-barreled seed and fertilizer planters that enable quicker, cheaper and easier standing planting. A jab planter can sow 8000-10 000 sq m per day–an efficiency rate that is four to five times faster than conventional planting methods.  The planter can be used for both …

Ngara company selling double barrel planter, 5X faster than traditional planting methods Read More »

By George Munene ASOBO, a Mbita based start-up founded in 2019 leverages electric engine power that reduces the daily cost of operating fishing boats by around 25 per cent. Given the upfront cost of purchasing the electric motors are high; the company offers the e-boarders as a long-term rental with the daily rental rates on …

Mbita start-up reduces fishing costs by 25% with electric boat Read More »