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New technology to help farmers raise hardier and more productive animals developed

Professor Appolinaire Djikeng uses genetic techniques to identify livestock with useful traits. Photo: CALLUM BENNETTS. The Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health based in Edinburgh and Nairobi has come up with a new technology to help farmers in developing countries grow hardier and more productive animals using modern gene-editing techniques. The technique will enable […]

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Government establishes new institute to enable farmers increase market reach via value addition

Demonstration of use of a simple portable miller/chopper that has been designed to mechanise feed value addition during a farmers’ workshop event. Photo courtesy. The government has established Lari Technical Training Institute in Kiambu, adding on the list of technical institutes in Kenya to help farmers add value to their various produce such as milk, meat

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A social enterprise develops solar cooling facility to save fresh produce from undue spoilage

FreshBox enterprise cool storage fcility. The enterprise is on a mission to about 53 per cent of food which is wasted in East Africa. Photo courtesy. A Nairobi based social enterprise, FreshBox , has developed a solar-powered, walk-in refrigeration facility that can hold over 2,100kg of fruits and vegetables to improve the produce shelf life

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International research organization warns of killer chemicals in Kenya’s milk, meat and maize

The International Livestock Research Institute last month released a research showing high levels of aflatoxin in Kenyan foods such as meat, milk and maize. The ILRI study established that Kenya had aflatoxin levels of between 0.02 parts per billion (ppb) to 9661 ppb with positive samples ranging from 75-100 per cent. The study revealed that

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Transport company launches refrigerated bus to ferry fresh produce between Nairobi and Mombasa

Mash East Africa two weeks ago launched two refrigerated buses called ‘Laxa Refrigerated’ that will ferry perishable goods such as fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, flowers, fish, meat and dairy products to Mombasa,  reducing the cost by approximately 88 per cent. This comes at a time when reports indicate that Mombasa has a thriving agro-based industry which

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