Tired of unscrupulous middlemen who buy their potato at a low price and selling at a higher cost made potato farmers in Shamata area in Nyandarua County start a cooperative through which they earn supply tenders, share transport costs and other labour costs thus helping them in economy of scale. Nyandarwa Farmers’ Cooperative has earned …
Nyandarua potato farmers co-op secures tenders with group farming Read More »
Soya bean is positioning itself as a lucrative commercial crop in Mumias with over 1000 farmers cultivating it thanks to empowerment by research groups and ready market from Promassidor. The leguminous crop is also being hailed as a remedy to the soils that have become ‘tired due to over use. Organized under Mumias District Federation …
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By George Munene The flooding of Ethiopian tomatoes into the Kenyan market has led to a halt in the good times for Kenyan farmers as the wholesale price of tomatoes has dropped by a whopping 40 per cent over the past two weeks in major markets. The long March to April rains are usually accompanied …
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