Potato production

28-year-old Timau farmer provides blueprint for profitable farmingĀ 

By constructing a water pan for garlic and potato production, young Timau farmer Alfred Koome is providing the blueprint for farmers in his community on how to not only farm but also farm profitably. From the 350,000-liter reservoir, which also holds 200 fish, 10 other families source their irrigation water from him while many of …

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Institute pioneers banana paper use in managing potato cyst nematodes

By George Munene Using artificial and natural nematicides smallholder farmers in Kenya can control the potato cyst nematodes (PCN), a pest that causes yield losses by at least 80 per cent. In a study of 20 potato growing counties in Kenya Potato Cyst Nematodes (PCNs) were obtained in 71.8 per cent of the counties with …

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