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New programme to accelerate irrigation in Kenya launched

A national platform aimed at promoting farmer-led and market based smart water solutions for improving smallholder irrigation in Kenya has been launched. The National Irrigation Acceleration Programme (NIAP) brings together stakeholders interested in smallholder irrigation in order stimulate networking and evidence based advocacy on irrigated agriculture in the country. Despite Kenya having irrigation potential of […]

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University lecturer invents automated irrigation system that will help farmers’ water crops correctly

In December 2018, Benson Muoki’s automated irrigation machine that enables farmers to correctly water their plants is set to hit the Kenyan market. This is following a six months’ research that the electronic engineer conducted in 2016 that found out that farmers in four different counties were either over watering or under watering their plants.

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Jomo Kenyatta University launches automated irrigation system that saves water and increases yields

The Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology has launched an automated irrigation system that saves more than 25 per cent of water used by using soil sensors to ensure farmers irrigate without fear of using more water than required by crops as this has often led to increase in crop diseases such as root

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