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• Crops

Star farmer: 20-year expert earns millions in mixed farming on 4 acres

6 years ago Reporter

By George Munene When I meet Mr Kirimi at his Kaaga home he has a phone in hand finalising the...

4 min read

• Animals

Fact Sheet: Common rabbit diseases and their treatment

6 years ago Reporter

By George Munene Whilst rabbits are adaptable and hardy animals, their diseases often prove fatal due to the lack of...

3 min read

• Crops

Kilifi farmer triples cassava yield through minisett multiplication technique

6 years ago Reporter

By Brian Moseti A farmer in Kilifi County has dramatically improved the output of her two-acre cassava farm by adopting...

4 min read

• Pests

Food must be a critical priority in defining what’s ‘essential’

6 years ago Reporter

By Eric Kimungunyi The coronavirus has moved crop protection to a new status as super-critical to ensure we have enough...

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• Pests

Government draws up new regulations on pest control safety labelling

6 years ago Reporter

By Eric Kimunguyi If any of us were given a warning by an alien, in a language we didn’t understand,...

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• Animals

Dairy farmer shares lessons learnt after recovering from near shut-down

6 years ago Reporter

Brian Moseti Six years ago, Solomon Mulema was preparing to shut down his dairy farm in Vihiga County, after unsuccessfully...

3 min read

• Animals

Nairobi farmer’s foray into ornamental birds business pays off

6 years ago Reporter

By Brian Moseti After a disappointing stint trying to commercially raise chicken, Glady's Wangui made a turnaround to focus on...

3 min read

• Pests

Banana farmers find value in neem as botanical pesticide against black weevil

6 years ago Reporter

Banana farmers in Nyamira, a county in Western Kenya, are making great savings using neem seeds extracts as opposed to...

4 min read

• Animals

Biologist changing Maasai community fortunes through beekeeping enterprise

6 years ago Reporter

After graduating with a degree in environmental biology in 2015, Benjamin Lemoi had two options: to join the formal employment...

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• Markets

Kenya moves to reopen air cargo flights

6 years ago Reporter

By Jenny Luesby The Cabinet Secretary for Trade and Industrialisation Hon Betty Maina has announced the exemption of cargo flights...