sustainable practices

Banana Pseudo Stems Rich Source of Quality Fiber Inform Experts

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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Kilifi farmer’s gamble with ornamental fish farming paying dividend

Paul Mur­age Wachi­uri, a fish breeder at Mt­wapa in Kilifi County has ven­tured into beauty fish farm­ing, a prac­tice that is un­pop­u­lar among farm­ers in Kenya tar­get­ing party events to grow his in­come. The idea dawned on Mor­age four years ago when his sis­ter had a wed­ding and had asked him for some beauty fishes …

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Law graduate builds processing plant to cash in on camel milk demand

A law­yer cum agro-en­tre­pren­eur is bank­ing on the nu­tri­tious value and unique­ness of camel milk from other ru­min­ant’s milk, builds Whit­eGold, a camel milk pro­cessing fact­ory in Nany­uki which has since offered mar­ket for over 20 farm­ers in the area. Jama Warsame who is a holder of bach­elor’s de­gree in Law from Uni­versity of Geor­gia …

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