Fresh regulations by the Ministry of Agriculture to pay dairy farmers based on quality of the milk delivered as opposed to weight by March this year will strengthen the sector and improve the producers’ income. According to a January this year report on Quality Based Milk Payment Study in Kenya by Irwin Foreman MSc, a …
Poultry, dairy, banana and fish farmers from Murang’a County are set to improve their production courtesy of Sh200m fund by World Bank. This will save the farmers from poor farming methods which has led to low food production causing some parts of the county to rely on relief foods in the recent past. According to …
Murang’a poultry, dairy, banana and fish farmers get Sh200m fund to boost production Read More »
Global agricultural food commodity prices fell sharply in July, as all the major traded items posted notable declines, led by dairy and sugar. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 168.8 points, 3.7 percent below their June level, the biggest monthly drop since late last year. The index had been steadily rising in 2018 until June. The FAO …
Export prices for cereals, dairy, sugar, meat and vegetable oils all decline-FAO Read More »
The move by the government to remove Value Added Tax (VAT) from animal feeds’ ingredients in its 2018/2019 budget if fully implemented will see livestock farmers and investors in the agriculture sector find it easy to manufacture own feeds lowering buying costs. More than 50 per cent of the feeds’ ingredients are imported from the …
Afred Ahuta, Domotele Technology Internet of Things consultant. He is one of the experts involved in smart technology development for poultry and dairy management. Photo: Laban Robert. Two experts who started developing a smart technology in 2016 which could help farmers detect diseases and know the output of individual chickens as well as detect heat …
Experts developing smart technology in poultry and dairy facing financial challenge Read More »
Janet Chebet receiving Best Youth Farmer award from president Uhuru Kenyatta during Nairobi International Trade Fair in Nairobi. She has also won other two farmer awards. Photo courtecy. Janet Chebet Onganga, 30, is making over one million shillings gross annual income from dairy, aquaculture and horticulture farming a venture which has seen her win three awards …
Nyamira youth earning Sh1.25m a year from mixed farming Read More »
