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Govt to spend Sh3B in three years on KCC modernisation programme

On Tuesday (8th August, 2023) President William Ruto commissioned the Modernised Kenya Co-operative Creameries (KCC) in Kiganjo, Nyeri County.  Speaking during the event, the president said that over the past seven years the government had spent over Sh2 billion in the modernisation of KCC’s plants. He added that his government will spend Sh3 billion in …

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Weekly Roundup of Agriculture Jobs—27th June, 2023

1. Position: National Coordinator – Kenya (Nourishing Prosperity Alliance) Location: Nakuru Recruiter / Employer: Land O’Lakes Venture37 About the position: The National Coordinator is responsible for ensuring the effective management and quality implementation of the NPA project in Kenya. NPA will manage demonstration plots and other field activities to promote the production and use of …

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Meru dove farmer turns childhood hobby into a profitable farming venture earning him Sh600,000 yearly

A dove is mostly referred to as a sign of peace by Christians worldwide but Dennis Chege; a former Information Technology employee of St Andrew’s School, Turi in Molo-Nakuru has turned that belief to a business venture.   Chege, 30, bought a pair of doves, a male and female for Sh100 from her mother as a …

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Farmer reports prices twice as high besides highways than through middlemen

Traders selling onions and tomatoes along Nairobi-Mombasa highway. Traders adopting road side markets to sell directly to motorists and passangers. Photo courtecy. Joseph Imorago, farmer from Kuresoi North, Nakuru County is selling his crop produce such as potatoes, carrots and green beans along Nakuru-kisumu and Nakuru-Sirare highways targeting long distance travelers earning Sh160,000 a season …

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Varsity students invent technology that manipulates sex of fish

            Fish fingerlings.  University of Eldoret Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Science students have invented a technology that manipulates the sex of fish fingerlings through variation of water temperature after eggs hatch. This according to the university will boost productivity after experts recommended that same sex fingerlings grow faster and bigger. …

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Saleslady ventures into Onion farming to diversify her income

Fresh harvested onions. Onions can escape the pangs of drought given that they are ready for harvest in four months. Photo gallery. To increase her income to beat the rising cost of living, Royal Mabati employee Mercy Kemunto has delved into four-month-maturing onions, abandoning maize crop- which takes almost double time to harvest. The Nakuru …

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