A Kisii County mixed poultry farmer has been able to keep off chicken predators for years by using guinea fowls, geese and turkeys Chore Sunda started with two chicks that were eight weeks in 1984, but the challenge of taking care of them at enclosed areas-commercial feeds were rare in remote areas then-made him think …
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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 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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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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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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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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