In cutting down the irrigation water requirement, one Kitui County farmer has resorted to growing vegetables in sacks to meet domestic needs. The 90kg sacks host between 10 and 15 kales grown at the top as well as on the sides.Festus Mutemi mixes the soil with sawdust to reduce water loss after irrigation. Three litres […]
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At least 1, 000 smallholder poultry farmers from Kibwezi Makueni County are set to secure training and financial support from a Sh300m kitty courtesy of the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) to bolster the rearing of birds. The lender says the Sh300m will be used to train and offer financial support which is reported to be
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Kathonzweni Milk Processing Plant in Makueni County. Photo coutesy. Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana, on Saturday, launched another high milk processing plant with a capacity to pasteurize 1000 litres of milk per hour which is triple the 300 litres per hour of Kikima Dairy Plant that the county installed last year. The new factory, Kathonzweni Milk
More than 150,000 farmers in Makueni County will now access information on the best farming practice, discounted farm inputs and credit services through Safaricom’s DigiFarm, an agribusiness service tailored for small-holder farmers. The programme has so far registered 120,000 farmers who have been trained on DigiFarm and can now access the service. To bring the
James Kipkoech inspects his dying maize crop (Photo: Wesley Langat) National Assembly Finance Committee through its chairperson, Joeph Limo has submitted a bill in the August House which if passed will see farmers protected against severe weather conditions such as drought and flood that have over the years caused losses to the agricultural producers. In
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The county government of Makueni and Kikima Dairy Farmers Cooperative Society yesterday commissioned Kikima Dairy plant worth Sh25 million shilling with the capacity to process and pack 300 litres per hour and 6600 litres in a day helping farmers avoid any milk wastages. The dairy plant based in Mbooni Sub-county and owned by the
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