A solar-powered pump has helped a Homa Bay County farmer to continuously push water into two upstream ponds where he is rearing at least 1,000 tilapia fish. Michael Olalo bought the SF1 solar pump from Futurepump to cut the fuel costs he was incurring while using a fossil fuel generator to push water from River …
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The Kenya Marine and Fisheries Institute (KEMFRI) has come up with a drier machine using wind and solar power to remove excess moisture from farm products to reduce post harvest looses. The United Nation’s agency Food and Agricultural Organmisation says more than 40 per cent of the global farm produce goes to waste. The waste …
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Using a solar milk pasteurizer, smallholder farmers seeking to minimize milk losses along the marketing chain especially in the arid and semi-arid lands has been developed by the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization. The new technology will help milk farmers and business vendors prolong the shelf life of milk and hence improve market- ability …
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By George Munene Latia Agribusiness Centre in Isinya has unveiled East Africa’s first Agrivoltaic farm– a farming method that grows crops underneath solar panels. The innovative agricultural practice facilitates farming under limited land, renewable energy generation and can significantly improve the productivity of crops because the shade provided by the panel arrays reduces heat stress …
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