Predict the weather, make tomato fortunes
Long-range weather forecasts may offer a route to millions in profits for farmers, based on this year’s experiences with tomatoes. For the one certainty about
April 14, 2020
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Dairy farmer shares lessons learnt after recovering from near shut-down
Brian Moseti Six years ago, Solomon Mulema was preparing to shut down his dairy farm in Vihiga County, after unsuccessfully trying to turn a profit
March 24, 2020
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KALRO partners with buyer Coca Cola to commercialise new passion fruit
The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO) is commercialising three new high-quality passion fruit varieties in a partnership with buyers Coca Cola and other
February 20, 2020
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Sunculture offers pay-as-you-go solar pumps that experts say can triple profits
By Jolene Njambi. Solar technology for irrigation can triple profits for growers within one to two crop seasons, compared with using other forms of irrigation
February 18, 2020
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Banker-turned-farmer creates profits through relay planting to create constant harvest
A French beans farmer in Ngoliba, Kiambu County, who lost about Sh100,000 four years ago due to the lack of a ready market as she
February 17, 2020
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