1. Position: Leaf Growing Manager, Kenya Location: Oyani, Kenya Recruiter / Employer: BAT Kenya Salary: Competitive salary package + excellent benefits + market leading bonus About the Position: You will need to drive and manage leaf centre agronomy & extension services to achieve agreed quantity, quality and cost objectives. In addition, you will co-ordinate and …
Weekly Roundup of Agriculture Jobs–11th Sep, 2023 Read More »
Ezekiel Mumo is running his own beekeeping venture in a two acre farm at Masinga in Machakos County earning him about Sh58,000 per month which he uses to settle his bills and pay his school fees as opposed to over-relying on his basic monthly salary. Mumo started beekeeping as fun at ten years old when …
Beekeeping side-hustle earns Masinga youth Sh58,000 monthly Read More »
President William Ruto today announced the commencement of the second phase of the government’s agriculture subsidy program with the price of a 50-kilogram bag of fertliser now retailing at Sh2,500 down from Sh3,500. He pointed out that yesterday, Tuesday, a record 34,000 bags of this subsidised fertiliser was sold to farmers. For the coming short …
President announces Sh2,500 fertiliser price, outlines bright future for agriculture Read More »
A farmer in Njoro area is perfecting the art of water harvesting which has assisted him in irrigating his farm and managed to increased area of cultivation to 12 acres. This even as the cycle of water wastage continues in the country. According to numerous studies Nairobi, alone, could support six to ten million people …
Water Harvesting Turns Njoro Peasant Farmer Into Regional Supplier Read More »
In a small village in Nyanza area, a farm has caught villagers attention and attracted thousands of visitors from as far as Nairobi keen on learning how it manages to produce bountiful harvest with no fertilizer applied. Yet this is a journey Caleb Omolo, the owner of the farm, has walked through to prove to …
Fertiliser-free Kisumu Farm Provides Blueprint for Permaculture Farming in Kenya Read More »
Residents of the arid Baringo county are courting the drought-resistant aloe vera to earn a living in an area where crops have failed to sprout, and now earning from the sale of the sap from the leaves. Besides livestock keeping, the main source of income locally, farmers in the area which enjoys limited rainfall are …
Arid Baringo farmers find fortunes in Aloe vera sap Read More »
Peter Njeru, a farmer from Siakago, Embu County, is part of a group of 27 farmers who have recognized the potential of indigenous fruit trees for economic benefits. These farmers have embraced grafted indigenous fruit trees, which bear fruit within two years compared to wild-grown trees that take up to a decade to produce. This …
Indigenous Fruit Trees Unlock Economic Opportunities for Siakago Farmers in Kenya Read More »
By George Munene The Rainforest Alliance is partnering with local organizations and coffee farmers in Embu County to turn their coffee husks into smokeless carbonized household cooking briquettes which reduce energy costs by 40 per cent. The project which will serve 1,500 members of the Kibugu Farmers’ Cooperative Society in Embu County will reduce their …
Embu farmers slash energy costs 40% with coffee husk briquettes Read More »
A value addition self help group in Nakuru is assisting smallholder farmers diversify their income with the practice of extracting milk from soya beans to make soyamilk being among its most successful venture which is now earning each farmer at least Sh30,000 every month. Reuben Ng’ang’a like any other small scale farmer could only think …
Nakuru farmer realise full value from soya through value-addition Read More »
For Joseph Njuguna a farmer in Nyandarua, farming was a typical exercise of planting and waiting for crops to grow. It was until a visit by the extension officers that he took farming seriously and has now managed to turn his farm into a cash cow. Having land adjacent to Aberdare forest meant that he was …
Information key driver to improved farmer income Read More »
