Value addition

Kakuzi enters Kenya’s cooking oil market as part of rebranding effort

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Agribusiness firm Kakuzi Plc has formally adopted a new corporate identity that underscores its commitments to agricultural development for the domestic and export markets. As part of its new branding programme, Kakuzi is set to introduce competitively priced Macadamia Cooking oil in the local market.  While noting that Kakuzi is set to unveil a range …

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Banana Pseudo Stems Rich Source of Quality Fiber Inform Experts

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Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute (KIRDI) experts are informing banana farmers to put into good use banana stems that most of the farmers have discarded or use as feeds for their livestock by using the stems to make fibres that can be used in a wide range of fields. Using banana decorticator machine which …

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Coastal Farmers Find Empowerment Growing Neem Trees

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Kwetu Training Centre is at the forefront of mobilizing other environmental organizations and community volunteers, including young men and women, to be part of the change in climate change mitigation activities. At Kwetu we have terrestrial trees such as the neem tree, moringa, and the mangrove forest next to Mtwapa creek. The Neem tree alias …

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Enterprising Uganda farmer cuts a niche in banana flour triples income

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An industrious farmer from western Uganda tired of the meager earnings from his bananas has decided to delve into value addition, making banana flour which has not only tripled his earnings but protected him from market glut which is commonplace in Uganda. Having witnessed the stress banana farmers around Mbarara area, one of the leading …

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Innovative Rack Drying Revolutionizes Fish Preservation in East Africa

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Drying fish using low cost racks is reducing drying time from three days to eight hours while doubling market prices among East African fishing communities. Once fish is harvested, the most fishermen dry them on the ground, and therein lies the problem. Besides being easy pickings for animals, the fish stocks are vulnerable to being …

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Korean Company Donates peanut peeling machines to five counties

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Korean company Banseok Industry Ltd, in collaboration with the Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), has taken a significant step in enhancing peanut production in Kenya. The company provided peanut peeling machines to five counties, revolutionizing value addition and reducing post-harvest losses. This partnership aims to improve productivity and promote sustainable farming practices in the …

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Sweet potato curing improves shelf life by 7 months

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With research showing that sweet potatoes are going bad within a week, a new cost-free method is increasing the shelf-life of the produce for up to seven months. This innovative way of increasing the freshness of the produce allows for more time for commercial farmers to access far-flung markets while improving food security for subsistence …

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Coffee pulping cost effective way for smallholder farmers to raise earnings

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Kenya’s cof­fee pro­duc­tion and yields in­creased in 2019 fol­low­ing the gov­ern­ment and counties’ dis­tri­bu­tion of free tree seed­lings. But the biggest cause of farm­ers’ flight from cof­fee has been prices too low for small­hold­ers’ sur­vival. However, value ad­di­tion, by pro­cessing beans on the farm, can lift the value of small-hold cof­fee crops six-fold. In 2014, …

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