Prospective Irish potato farmers have been advised to time their crops for planting and harvesting during high demand such as the drought season between December and February each year and festivities such as Easter. Irish potatoes take an average of 70 to 120 days to mature depending on variety. With an acre in Kenya producing …
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The newly constructed Engineer Food Processing plant in Kinangop, Nyandarua County. The factory will be processing one tonne of potatoes per hour hence helping farmers in the area find a ready market for their produce. Photo courtesy. Potato farmers in Kinangop, in Nyandarua County, are set to benefit from the newly built potato processing plant the will …
Potato farmers in Nyandarua are set to benefit from Sh116m grant by European Union to boost potato production in the county. Speaking after signing the deal at the Ministry of Devolution headquarters in Nairobi yesterday, county officials said the grant would help improve the sector. October last year the county received Sh120m from EU which …
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Soko+, an online digital commodity trading and information system is linking potato, banana and maize farmers to markets at a time when Kenyan farmers lost Sh150bn worth of produce last year due to post-harvest losses resulting from inadequate markets. In this, the platform has linked more than 16,594 Meru farmers for free to bulk buyers …
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Potato and tomato prices have gone up by 50 per cent over the last two months due to raging floods that have cut off roads making it difficult for farmers to transport their produce to the markets. The price of a 64kg box of tomatoes according to the ministry of agriculture’s commodity pricing for instance …
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Sprouting potato seeds. The seeds can also be produced through cutting by rooted apical cutting technology. Photo courtecy. Anne Chepng’eno, a farmer from Molo has adopted rooted apical cutting technology to help him up her potato seeds production time from over a month to three weeks helping her supply seeds to her customers within the shortest …
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