vegetable

bad eye chilli

Tana River farmer who produces 30 tonnes of chilli a season, in need of contractors to grow more

bird’s eye chilli. Photo courtesy. Abdulahi Omar Sheikh, a Tana River County farmer who abandoned vegetable, onion and tomato farming last year to venture into bird’s eye and bullet chillies is now producing 30 tonnes of the crop a season something which is pushing him to look for contactors to produce more owing to a …

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twiga foods mobile app

Kenyan startup develops mobile-based service to save farmers the difficulty in dealing with brokers

Twiga Foods, a mobile-based startup, launched B2B mobile platform to be used by small and medium scale businesses to purchase fruit and vegetable stock from local and regional farmers in Kenya saving the farmers the challenges they face with brokers. Before the platform was established, farmers in the country faced a major challenge in dealing …

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passionfruit

Passion fruit shortage sparks price rise across major towns in Kenya

A Nyamira County farmer tends to his passion fruits. Passion fruit prices have sharply risen against low supply. Photo by Laban Robert. The shortage of passion fruits for domestic and commercial consumption has sparked a rise in price as the entities strive to meet their fruit needs. The disparity in supply is evident from the …

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