seedlings

Carmen F1 cucumber

High-yielding and drought tolerant Carmen F1 cucumber variety earns Sh225,000 a season

Growing a high-yielding and disease resistance Carmen F1 cucumber variety can earn a farmer up to Sh225,000 thanks to best practices such as growing the crop within a greenhouse and proper market research. According to Wycliffe Obwoge, an agronomist running a Nairobi-based agribusiness organisation’s greenhouse, one plant can yield up to 25 kilogrammmes by the …

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Grapes

High yielding South African table and wine grape cuttings, seedlings and rootstocks available in Kenya

Grape Growers Association of Kenya has introduced in the country high yielding South African table and wine grape cuttings, seedlings and rootstocks accessible to farmers from all parts of the country to enable them increase their production and income. According to the company’s chairman, Moses Gitile , the South African grape varieties are preferred given …

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cashewnuts

Cashewnut processing company in Kilifi in urgent need of farmers to grow the crop

Factory workers sorting out cashewnuts. Photo courtesy. Wondernuts Ltd, a cashewnut processing firm based in Kilifi County is urgently looking for willing farmers to grow the crop to meet its processing capacity of 5000 tonnes per year. This is after farmers in the region are reportedly producing less due to lack of clean planting materials. …

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