Striga hermonthica or the Purple Witchweed is the single most important cause of poor maize yields, particularly in western Kenya, eliminating 60 to 100 per cent of cereal crops. This is because the parasitic plant germinates quickly, and is easily dispersed. Its seeds also withstand extreme conditions and lie dormant in the soil until a […]
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According to Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Global Growth & Opportunity President Rodger Voorhies, the alarming realities of climate change are now evident almost everywhere. July 2023 was the hottest month ever recorded. Countries all over the world are experiencing deadly heat waves. The climate threat is particularly perilous for sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia,
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Youth tending to his zucchini crops. Agronomical support is key in crop production and food security. Photo courtesy. A team of five agricultural graduates in Butula, Bungoma County is training farmers who are growing different crops such as horticulture crops, sorghum, cassava and fruits among others with an aim to enable them to attain food
Increased demand for sorghum grains by different markets in Kenya that has seen many farmers venture into the crop production has caused a high demand for seeds by the growers from 81 per cent in 2013 to 95 per cent in 2017. The increased demand for the planting materials has since 2015 seen seed firms
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East African Breweries Limited (EABL) is currently looking for over 45,000 farmers across the country to grow sorghum after successfully mobilizing about 17,000 farmers in Nyanza and western Kenya region during the previous campaigns to supply the brewer’s Kisumu plant. The company has reported increased willingness among farmers in various parts of the country to
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East African Breweries Limited (EABL) has paid Sh1.5 billion to 60,000 sorghum farmers in the region this year. The farmers who are small-scale growers are contract by the brewer to ensure steady supply of the raw material to its manufacturing plants. The company says it is looking to increase the supply of sorghum going forward
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Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) has rolled out a mobile application to accurately track the sorghum grown by the company’s over 30,000 farmers contracted to grow the Senator Keg raw material. KBL Managing Director Jane Karuku said the Farmforce app will be used to track out-growers, eliminate paperwork and enable the brewer to receive reports from
The Kenyan ministry of agriculture has urged maize farmers all over the country to plant millet, cassava, sorghum and amaranth crops to be used for blending maize flour in a move aimed at reducing overdependence on maize for food and income and improve the country’s nutritional needs. According to a report released last year by
KBL Supply Chain Director Peter Kamugi (left) hands over a sorghum thresher to a farmer. Photo courtesy. Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) is set to distribute 20 threshing machines which are used to separate grains from chaffs to first-time sorghum farmers in Nyanza and Western regions in latest efforts to increase production volumes ahead of the
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Kenya’s number one beer maker, Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL), is targeting the youth in a campaign aimed at making sorghum farming an attractive and profitable venture. This comes at a time when reports shows that youth engagement in agriculture is declining amidst rising youth unemployment yet the services and industrial sectors, despite growing at considerably
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