The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and its partners has launched new book on sustainable use of fertiliser as key to Africa’s food security which has been worrying in the recent past with current yields of cereals and legumes at only 15–30 percent of the potential. This is despite the continent’s vast …
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A fish farmer from Likipia County has been able to reduce fish feeds expenditure from Sh3,000 to nil by keeping geese for purposes of mutual benefit. Peter Wambugu after constructing his fishpond in 2017 July did online research on how to make home-made feeds so that he could spend less in production before stumbling upon …
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Farmers, who apply lime regularly into soil to reduce acidity, increase the efficiency of fertiliser nutrient availability for crop utilisation by more than 90 per cent. This reduces fertliliser wastage besides increasing yields. Application of the required fertiliser rations can still lead to low productivity if the soil is acidic, a factor that significantly reduces …
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Farmer applying fertiliser to his crops. The govenmet is set to roll out a system which will help such farmers acces subsidies with much ease. The government of Kenya is planning to roll out an e-wallet scheme across the country for farmers to equip themselves with relevant IT skills as well as access government subsidies …
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