Robert Macharia showing off one of the trophy he won during a Nairobi International Trade Fair. He currently has 26 dairy goats, milking 14 of them at his farm at Githurai 45, Kiambu County. Photo Courtesy. Robert Macharia Kinyua in 2014 left his job as a driver to focus on his dairy goat farming, a […]
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Janet Chebet receiving Best Youth Farmer award from president Uhuru Kenyatta during Nairobi International Trade Fair in Nairobi. She has also won other two farmer awards. Photo courtecy. Janet Chebet Onganga, 30, is making over one million shillings gross annual income from dairy, aquaculture and horticulture farming a venture which has seen her win three awards
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Vegetable net a family of AgroNet. AgroNet products provide farmers with affordable alternatives to generally expensive conventional protected cultivation in greenhouses or tunnels. Local small-scale farmers have always resorted to alternative means like use of mosquito nets to keep destructive insects and chicken away from destroying their
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Evans Muugu, 63, is no ordinary farmer. The retired police officer has struck gold in Guatemala grass, an alternative fodder crop that withstands Napier stunt and head smut diseases. The fodder is fed to livestock to improve milk production. Muugu retired in 1982 before working as a security guard in various city hotels in Nairobi
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AfriKelp LG-1. helps plants produce their own hormones resulting into more roots, a stronger and healthier plant that can take up more available nutrients and defend itself better against biotic and abiotic stress factors. Farmers can easily reduce flower and fruit drop in their crops and get more out of their farms with the naturally
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This Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization dairy cow was crowned the best in milk production during this year’s Nairobi International Trade Fair. The cow produces over 34 litres of milk daily. Dairy farmers who are keen to improve milk production in their cows have no option but to provide
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Ebwana Tereka, the new cassava variety unveiled by Kenya Agricultural Livestock and Research Organisation during the Nairobi International Trade Fair at Jamhuri Grounds. Photo: Oyugi Zablon. Kenya Agricultural Livestock and Research Organisation (KALRO) has availed Ebwana Tereka, new cassava variety that has a potential of yielding over 17 tubers
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