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Molo potato farmer capitalises on seed shortage with 20 acre multiplication farm

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Anne Chepng’eno, a farmer from Molo is growing potato crops for seeds in a bid to address the current shortage of the seeds helping farmers from all over the country to access them. Currently there is potato seed demand of 100,000 tonnes in the country while basic demand by other seed multipliers is 1000 tonnes. …

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Certified potato seeds double farmer’s yield

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By George Munene “From an acre of farmland applying the right agronomic practices, certified seeds should harvest a minimum of eighty 50kg bags and can yield up to 200 bags,” says Enoch Rugut an extension officer at Egerton University’s potato multiplication center. Rugut explains that using seeds disseminated between farmers as planting material you are …

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