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Banana Pseudo Stems Rich Source of Quality Fiber Inform Experts

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Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute (KIRDI) experts are informing banana farmers to put into good use banana stems that most of the farmers have discarded or use as feeds for their livestock by using the stems to make fibres that can be used in a wide range of fields. Using banana decorticator machine which …

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Solar milk pasteurizer improves smallholder farmer profits

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Using a solar milk pas­teur­izer, small­holder farm­ers seek­ing to min­im­ize milk losses along the mar­ket­ing chain es­pe­cially in the arid and semi-arid lands has been de­veloped by the Kenya Ag­ri­cul­tural and Live­stock Re­search Or­gan­iz­a­tion.  The new tech­no­logy will help milk farm­ers and busi­ness vendors pro­long the shelf life of milk and hence im­prove mar­ket- abil­ity …

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