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New dwarf coconut cuts growing time in half wooing coast farmers back
Since its heydays in the 90’s, coconut farming has experienced a steep decline in fortunes. Key to this is the time it takes to replenish aging underperforming coconut trees. While...
UON hub to offer cold storage, market linkages to kienyeji vegetable & fruit farmers
The University of Nairobi (UON) has launched the Fresh Produce Aggregation & Distribution Hub which will offer cold storage solutions and better market linkage to smallholder indigenous vegetable and fruit
UK non-profit taps Migori farmers to commercialise in-demand grain amaranth
UK non-profit Ripple Effect International and the Kenya Agricultural and the Kenya Livestock and Research Organization (KALRO) are contracting farmers in Migori County to produce grain amaranth seeds to enable
Farm to Feed: Helping farmers find a market for ‘bad’ & excess produce
Working with 800 Kenyan farmers Farm to Feed (FTF) is helping provide a ready market for imperfect and surplus produce that would otherwise go to waste helping raise the farmers’
