In boosting crop protection against pests for 24 hours, Derick Nyambane in the last season resorted to lighting a kerosene lantern at night in his half an acre tomato field as a way of luring pests to death traps. Beside the lantern is a fruit fly trap device. Nyambane used a metarhizium 69-filled lure, which …
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A man pulling a cart full of goods towards Busia border point. Photo courtesy. Small-scale farmers at Busia, Kenya- Uganda border have teamed up with smalls scale traders to share the cost of transporting their produce to various towns in the interior parts of the countries using hired trucks. The move has seen individual farmers …
Mango farmers in Kenya who have been incurring 30 to 80 per cent fruit yield losses due to attack by fruit flies can now control the pests using a new biological solution, cera cap from Amiran Kenya, an agricultural input company. The company is selling a single trap at Sh450 while a liter of cera …
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Sweetunda, an agro-processing company is sourcing for mangoes from all-comers with a vision to create income for farmers and reduce food loss. The company which was started three years ago buys the fruit from farmer groups and those interested in selling their produce have to aggregate their produce. “Our aim is to ensure farmers have …
Mr. Kusenga, in a flat cap, talking to Farmbiz africa reporter at his farm in Mutitu Village, Machakos County. He rides on the grafting principle that the scion determines the variety of the fruit. Photo: Laban Robert. An 82-year-old farmer is harvesting different varieties of fruits such as palms, pears, bananas and avocados among others from a …
Grafted avocado seedling. Grafting has now become farmer’s silver bullet in saving them from incessant pest and disease woes. Ongoing poor yields has pushed scientists and farmers together to accelerate the uptake of grafting as a permanent solution. This has been caused by over population in the number of human beings and livestock increasing rates …
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