A simple mix of a charcoal suspension and a raw egg can save rabbits that have been poisoned by feed, by making them vomit. Brian Otwori, a former Kisii University animal production technology student now managing the institution’s rabbit farm, said cutting the supply of the toxins in time would save these delicate non-ruminants. “After …
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Forty Young Farmers Club students of Riomego Mixed PAG secondary school inspired by their Principal Josephine Kerubo embraced urban farming by planting vegetables on multi-storey sacks, a move that saw the school feed the students sustainably while at the same time saving on purchasing the commodity. “For three consecutive years we experienced challenges in feeding …
Nyamira school utilises sacks to grow vegetables instead of buying Read More »
The Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) and free agridigital learning platform, East-West Seed Knowledge Transfer Foundation (EWS-KT), are collaborating to provide education and training opportunities for smallholder farmers, farmer trainers and extension workers, and other agriculture sector professionals. This partnership will enable widespread utilization of scientific knowledge for improving crop quality and yield …
CABI partners to provide farmers/experts free education and training Read More »
In a small village in Nyanza area, a farm has caught villagers attention and attracted thousands of visitors from as far as Nairobi keen on learning how it manages to produce bountiful harvest with no fertilizer applied. Yet this is a journey Caleb Omolo, the owner of the farm, has walked through to prove to …
Fertiliser-free Kisumu Farm Provides Blueprint for Permaculture Farming in Kenya Read More »
Kenyan agriculture students are getting an 11-month internship opportunity at Israel Arava International Centre for Agricultural Training (AICAT). The annual internship program has trained over 1,000 agriculture students from academic institutes in countries mainly from Africa and Asia. The students are from the University of Nairobi, JKUAT, Egerton University, Kenyatta University, Kenya Water Institute, Turkana …
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