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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Attending farmers’ workshops, agricultural shows, farmers’ open days and agricultural institutions for training has helped a farmer avert over 50 per cent losses in his poultry farm doubling his profit from Sh400, 000 to Sh800, 000 in a period of three years. Before, he lost money due to poor feeding, attack by predators, and lack …
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Sadik Sadique, a maize farmer from Trans Nzoia County is has been able to double his crop production by adopting new methods of planting which include increasing spacing and adopting soil testing to determine fertiliser ratio following experts’ advice. In 2016 he used to produce 500-600 kilos per acre from his 700 acres farm but …
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