Kisii County

Kisii County plans to revive stalled avocado factory to provide market for farmers

The Kisii County government plans to revive the stalled Kisii avocado factory in a bid to provide market for farmers in the region through value addition to produce juice, cooking oil and syrup extracts. The Sh150m factory which was first launched in 2013 by the county in partnership with Turkish and Australian investors has been […]

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Kisii County gives farmers free milk coolers to up income

Kisii farmers have been urged to form societies so as to receive Sh50m worth of milk coolers in a bid to improve their income and preserve excess milk. The Kisii County department of agriculture says farmers in the region currently produce 166,000 liters of milk against a demand of 200,000 liters leaving a deficit of

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From brooding chicks in her bedroom to Sh80,000 a month mixed farming venture

Scholar Kerubo who started farming on part-time in 2000 by brooding chicks in her small bedroom due to lack of space and resources has turned the venture into a dairy, poultry and horticulture farming earning her over Sh80,000 per month against Sh650 she could earn per chick after waiting for about six months. Upon graduating

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County government to build own sugar factory saving farmers transport costs

Sugarcane being loaded on a tructor for trasportation to the factory. Transporters bill farmers between Sh450 and Sh1,500 to transport sugarcane from their farms to the mills, depending on distance covered. Sugarcane farmers from Kisii County are set to enjoy less transport costs of about Sh300 a tonne of cane transported to the millers as compared

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Kisii company selling backpack portable weeding machine

Backpack portable weeding machine. Karuworks Machinery Company, a Kisii County company which imports and assembles farm equipment and machineries is selling a complete set of portable and simple to operate weeding machine that can also be used for cutting grass, cultivation and planting by smallholder farmers. The machine can be used by four separate

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Kisii farmer earns Sh50, 000 per week from zucchini farming

Horticulture farmer in Tabaka, Kisii County is earning Sh50, 000 per week from zucchini farming against his Sh2500 weekly wage from a soapstone site. Jared Ong’angi quit his casual job in the soapstone industry in pursuit of farming, growing kales, onions, tomatoes and pumpkins in his three acres of land but majoring on zucchini. RELATED

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Drying vegetables increases shelf life to over eight months

Farmers at Kisii ASK show listening to an agribusiness expert demonstrating on vegetable solar drier. The drier makes vegetables lose moisture but retain their colour. Photo: Laban Robert. The inclusion of a solar drier into production has increased the shelf-life of vegetables from two days to

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Farmer turns to short season maize to escape lethal necrosis disease

Mature yellow maize in a farm. Yellow maize is also informally known as Katumani. It escapes diseases and pangs of drought because of its quick maturity. Photo: Agricol In avoiding losses to lethal necrosis and other diseases, Kisii County farmer Alfred Ombuna has resorted to growing yellow maize, which matures in four months – more

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