Written by Bob Koigi for Farmbizafrica Bereta Wahinya a retired teacher in the low income Kawangware area of Nairobi has never known food woes despite the erratic supply and prices of most staple produce in Nairobi occasioned by an under production by rural farmers who supply to Nairobi. In her small land, facing her house, …
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Francis Ondier 52 is very particular about visitors to his livestock farm. Any visitor must wash their hands and disinfect their shoes. It has not always been this way, but as a pioneer chicken for business farmer in Western Kenya he has learnt the hard way how to take care of his precious birds. “I …
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At a time when the changing climatic conditions are dictating what seeds to plant where, one Kenyan company has incessantly committed itself to breeding high yield seeds primarily maize, to small-scale farmers. Maize seed that is optimized for the climates of Kenya’s various regions can produce up to two times more grain per hectare than …
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Cows can suffer abnormalities during pregnancy leading to death of the foetus or resulting from foetal or maternal abnormality. Abortion in dairy cattle is the loss of a foetus between the age of 42 days and approximately 260 days. Pregnancies lost before 42 days are usually referred to as early embryonic deaths, whereas a calf …
Sub-Saharan Africa livestock emit over 50 percent of global carbon, one of the gases blamed for change in climate, due to their overreliance on grasses and crop leftovers after harvest which are poor quality feeds according to a new report published by three international research institutions. Researchers from the International Livestock Research Institute, the Common …
Martin Wanjala has reared cattle all his life. But it was only recently that he started to make any money. The retired teacher has benefited from the recent introduction of a communal feedlot. Housing his cattle in a feedlot for a few weeks before slaughter has doubled the cattle’s selling price. Before the feedlot opened, …
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Maize is a staple food for most families in Kenya and close to 70 percent of the population entirely depends on the crop as their main source of food. As the first season steadily approaches its prudent for smallholder farmers aiming to plant the crop to follow the best practices that will ensure high returns. …
Over 70 million people in developing countries who largely depend on Cassava are set to benefit from a new breed of the crop that can not only be bred on large scale to contain high contents of vitamin A but also take a shorter time to triple the Vitamin A content. The process which is …
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Pomp and fanfare best described the Premier National Farmers award which saw both large and small scale farmers feted for their novel contribution to the economy and food security. A one of its kind journey that has taken one year to complete, with lead sponsors and organizers Elgon Kenya Limited working with the Ministry of …
