FarmBizAfrica’s farm tours are selected to give you everything you need to develop a new line in your agricultural business. We hand-pick amazing examples of innovations and work with our partners to give you the opportunity for guided tours answering every question you have with individual attention. The maximum number of farmers we can accept for any one of our farm tours is normally 15, but for particular tours, we can accommodate up to 30 guests.
Tours in 2025 - March
March 13th: Creating your own feeds from azolla water weed and black soldier flies
On Thursday 13th March, we will be visiting a chicken farm in Othaya, in Nyeri County, that is halving its feed costs by growing azolla water weed and rearing black soldier flies.
As cheap, and sometimes free, sources of protein, Azolla water weed has 19%-35% protein content, while black soldier flies have an equal amount, meaning they can replace more expensive proteins, such as soybeans, omena, fishmeal, and commercial feeds.
The cost of this tour is Sh1,200, with limited places. If you want to register to be one of the farmers on this tour, please register by clicking on the link here. Our team will then contact you to share directions, organise your arrival at our meeting point, and share an information pack on the tour.
You can also sign up on the waiting list, or get more information, from George on 0718629239.
March 22nd: How to process and sell your own coffee
On Saturday March 22nd, we will be visiting Kenton Golden Coffee in Karatina, a small, youth-led coffee value-addition company that is earning Sh200 per kilogram for its coffee, which is Sh110-Sh110 more than Kenyan coffee farmers earn for their unprocessed cherries.
Learn from the best on how to maximise your coffee earnings through a tour of their facilities where they will walk us through how they harvest, process, roast and package their coffee cherries, the equipment they use, how and where they source it, the secrets of production, and how they package and market the roasted coffee as their loved and in-demand specialty coffee.
We will meet in Nairobi, to travel together to their processing facility, which is about two hours away in Karatina. This is where they wet mill their cherries to green parchment. We will then travel onto where they roast the green beans, 45 minutes away in Kiambu, before finishing off our tour at their Kahawa Wendani packaging and coordination facility, 30 minutes away. We encourage car sharing for this tour.
The cost of this tour is Sh2,400. with limited places. If you want to register to be one of the farmers on this tour, please register on the link by clicking here. Our team will then contact you to share directions, organise your arrival at our meeting point, and share an information pack on the tour.
You can also sign up on the waiting list, or get more information, from George on 0718629239.