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Nyamira school utilises sacks to grow vegetables instead of buying

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Forty Young Farmers Club students of Riomego Mixed PAG secondary school inspired by their Principal Josephine Kerubo embraced urban farming by planting vegetables on multi-storey sacks, a move that saw the school feed the students sustainably while at the same time saving on purchasing the commodity. “For three consecutive years we experienced challenges in feeding …

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JKUAT researchers encourage farmers to grow hybrid Chinese millet

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Researchers from the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) and the Chinese Center for Agricultural Resources Research (CARR) are sensitising farmers on efficiently cultivating and managing the nutritious, high-yielding, drought, and disease-resistant Chinese hybrid foxtail millet.  The millet variety takes about half the time to ripen compared to most local varieties and adapts …

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Water Harvesting Turns Njoro Peasant Farmer Into Regional Supplier

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A farmer in Njoro area is perfecting the art of water harvesting which has assisted him in irrigating his farm and managed to increased area of cultivation to 12 acres. This even as the cycle of water wastage continues in the country.  According to numerous studies Nairobi, alone, could support six to ten million people …

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Canadian Veterinarian Asists Rural Farmers Triple Milk Output Through DIY Model

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A Canadian veterinarian’s 17 trips to Kenya to teach dairy farmers on good livestock management have not been in vain for it has tripled the milk yields of over six thousand small holder farmers who owns one to five acres and between one and three cows. Dr John VanLeeuwen a professor of Epidemiology and Ruminant …

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Fertiliser-free Kisumu Farm Provides Blueprint for Permaculture Farming in Kenya

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In a small village in Nyanza area, a farm has caught villagers attention and attracted thousands of visitors from as far as Nairobi keen on learning how it manages to produce bountiful harvest with no fertilizer applied. Yet this is a journey Caleb Omolo, the owner of the farm, has walked through to prove to …

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Enterprising Uganda farmer cuts a niche in banana flour triples income

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An industrious farmer from western Uganda tired of the meager earnings from his bananas has decided to delve into value addition, making banana flour which has not only tripled his earnings but protected him from market glut which is commonplace in Uganda. Having witnessed the stress banana farmers around Mbarara area, one of the leading …

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Western Kenya Students Boost School’s Self-Sufficiency Through Tomato Sales

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Students at Chisare Secondary School of Western Kenya are earning their school income with the sale of tomato plants in a classic example of how agriculture is helping schools sustain themselves. Students receive training in how to improve the quality of their produce and learn how to grow high-value crops, such as tomatoes. The school’s …

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Training farmers as extension workers boosts farm yields 200%

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Through the pioneering use of professionally trained farmers known as Village Based Advisors (VBAs), Farm Input Promotions Africa (FIPS) Ltd, a Kenyan nonprofit founded in 2003, is disseminating critical agricultural information that is increasing farmer yields by 30 to 200 per cent depending on the crop, farming system, and context. This is securing the food …

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IRRI Empowers Kenya’s Rice Seed Production with Modern Seed Dressing Machine

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In a significant development aimed at boosting rice seed production and scaling up improved rice varieties in Kenya, the Mwea Rice Growers Multipurpose Cooperative Society (MRGM) – the largest farmers’ cooperative in East and Southern Africa (ESA) – has received a state-of-the-art seed dressing machine from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). This donation marks …

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