An initiative to get East African youth to earn a living through the construction of haymaking machines which they then sold to farmers is not only providing them with meaningful income but assisting farmers with more than tripling their milk yields at a time when dwindling pasture is taking a toll on milk production in …
Youth find employment, triple milk yield through hay making Read More »
To boost ginger yields by up to 30%, farmers can utilize compost coffee husks manure instead of original coffee husks and other bio-organic fertilizers. Coffee husks are rich in lignocellulose materials, ideal for stimulating microbial processes in the soil and promoting crop growth. This article offers detailed instructions on optimizing ginger production using compost coffee …
Boosting Ginger Yields with Compost Coffee Husks Manure: A Comprehensive Guide Read More »
All-film double-furrow sowing, an agricultural technology originating from China’s arid Loess Plateau, is now being applied to agricultural production in Kenya and other countries based on local conditions to help relieve the impact of severe drought on food production. “In Kenya for example, if the technology of all-film double-furrow sowing is effectively promoted in the …
Chinese farming method can feed Kenyan population with one-third land Read More »
Fish production in Kenya has for long been heavily reliant on wild fish in Lake Victoria which accounts for 76 per cent of fish production in the country but stocks, particularly of tilapia are dwindling setting stage for a potential market for fish pond farmers to bridge the biting shortage. According to a 2016-2019 report …
Kenya increasingly reliant on fish pond farmers as wild catch tumbles Read More »
Jackson Keitany, a dairy farmer from Kiplombe in Baringo County is now making Sh19,000 profit a month from milk sales, compared to Sh27,000 loss per month three years ago, due to planting his own Boma Rhodes grass fodder. Kiplombe, where Keitany has over 40 acres of land under dairy production, is a semi-arid area where …
Baringo dairyman earns Sh46,000 more monthly switching to Boma Rhodes grass Read More »
By George Munene Kenya’s launch of its first earth observation satellite tomorrow (Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at 9:44 am Kenyan time) is expected to enhance the collection of data on agriculture, vegetation cover, research, and disaster management. “The 32-meter multispectral and 16m panchromatic camera mounted on the satellite will enable Kenya to collect data on …
Kenya’s first observation satellite to help improve agricultural output Read More »
An increase of between a half a kilo and one kilo of the dairy meal improves the food reserves in the cow, although its appetite remains low in the first two month of delivery. According to Mr. Kiriga Samuel, founder of Jangara Farming Services (JFS), an animal feeds commercialization company in Voi, this gradual increment …
1/2 Kg dairy meal increase helps maintain milk production after birth Read More »
Farmers applying vermiculture liquid in crop production supply comprehensive minerals than those relying on synthetic fertilisers. Real IPM Smallholder Enterprise Center Manager Isaac Guda said vermiliquid supplies crops with both micro and macro nutrients, which are necessary for holistic growth. Whilst common fertilisers are specific in nutrient supply- NPK, DAP, CAN- vermiliquid has more than …
By George Munene The Ministry of Agriculture has identified Kericho County as the first location for trials on the use of semi-organic fertiliser. “According to small-scale trials run by the Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Organisation (KALRO) in conjunction with the Kenya Plant and Health Inspectorate (KEPHIS), the semi-organic fertiliser increased maize productivity by 49,” …
GOK gives Kericho farmers 50% organic fertiliser shown to double yield Read More »
By George Munene According to Kenya’s Agriculture Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mithika Linturi, in a month’s time, the government will have flooded Kenya with imported maize with a long-term solution to the country’s chronic maize shortage being developed in leasing land inside and outside Kenya for growing the grain. This includes 20,000 acres in Zambia and …
“We will flood country with maize, lease land in Zambia for food security”– Agri CS Read More »
