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• Crops

Former Brookside employee earns up to Sh200,000 an acre from sweet potato farming

7 years ago Reporter

Jael Ochanji in her sweet potato farm at Kabondo in Homa Bay County. Photo courtesy. In 2015, Jael Ochanji took the...

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• Markets

Strawberry fruits exporter looking for more growers to meet increasing demand in the Middle East

7 years ago Reporter

  Benson Maina planting strawberry seedlings at Jaick Agricultural Produce seedlings propagation site. The company contracts farmers to grow chandler...

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• Markets

Mobile app gives farmers tips on crop and livestock, market prices and weather updates

7 years ago Reporter

Before the invention of mobile phones, smallholder farmers had to rely on traditional methods for generations to predict events such...

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• Animals

How to make sweet potato vines silage for feeding pigs

7 years ago Reporter

Farmers rearing pigs can reduce the cost of production by a substantial percentage through adopting home-made feeds using readily available...

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• Crops

New technology helps farmers increase tree yields by 34 to 38 per cent

7 years ago Reporter

World Vision Kenya has launched a new technology that will help smallholder farmers increase tree yields in their farms.  The...

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• Markets

Kenyan mobile-based cashless platform connects small-scale farmers directly to local retailers

7 years ago Reporter

Photo courtesy. Taimba Limited, a mobile-based cashless platform based in Nairobi is connecting small-holder farmers in rural Kenya directly to...

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• Markets

Embu County secures export market for farmers’ tomatoes, onions, capsicum, cabbages, potatoes, chillies, cucumbers and passion among other fruits

7 years ago Reporter

Smallholder farmers in Embu County are set to benefit from a new market after the county department of agriculture secured...

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• Animals

Kakamega fish co-operative set to save farmers from fetching fingerlings from far counties

7 years ago Reporter

Photo courtesy. Fish farmers from Kakamega County are set to benefit from a Sh20m fish cooperative to be started in...

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• Markets

Mkulima bora app connects more than 5,000 farmers to consumers directly

7 years ago Reporter

John Kinyua, a computer science graduate from Chuka University has invented an app that will help farmers connect to consumers...

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• Markets

JKUAT student selected ambassador to the world’s Thought for Food Foundation

7 years ago Reporter

Leah Wambui (right) addressing a participant who visited JKUAT stand at A.S.K Central Kenya National Show, Nyeri. Photo courtesy. Leah Wambui...