Farmers can boost their livestock’s nutritional content by up to 60 per cent by growing various sets of easy-to-grow shrub feeds, unlike the less productive common nappier grass. Apart from increasing yield on average by two litres per day, the shrubs would save farmers the large sums of money spent on commercial feeds. The best …
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Farmshine’s, a Nairobi based agritech start-up has developed agriculture operating system which enables smallholder farmers to aggregate and sell their harvests directly to large commodity companies. This has not been possible in the past because there was no way to exchange accurate information on buyers’ contract offers, or to ensure the trust needed for buyers …
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KROTAJ Tahini Manufacturers PLC (KROTAJ), an international partnership of sesame experts and investment professionals last week on Thursday launched sesame hulling plant in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to provide ready market for thousands of farmers in the country. The newly certified factory will be manufacturing tahini, a condiment made from toasted ground hulled sesame for export. …
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More than 15,000 smallholder farmers from Kwale, Kilifi and Lamu counties are set to benefit from an initiative which will see them access finance from European Trust Fund to enable them grow cashew nuts and sesame as reports shows that lack or inadequate funds has been a challenge to most farmers. According to the Scaling …
European Union to fund over 15,000 coast farmers to grow cashew nuts and sesame (simsim) Read More »
Farm of Sesame plants. Sesame is better crop rotation of cotton, maize, groundnut, wheat, and sorghum besides reducing nematode populations that attack cotton and groundnut. With the rise of unpredictable rainfall, pests and diseases in most parts of the country, farmers who grow sesame famously known as simsim or …
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