Seed grower targets farmers with Sh10 pack
The cost and scarcity of high quality seeds in Kenya has held back many smallholders…
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Agriculture
Latest agriculture stories from across Kenya.
How a dream hatched largest chicken empire in East and Central Africa
Kenya is experiencing a boom in poultry rearing, buoyed predominantly by growing demand for poultry…
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Milk hawking lifts farmers’ prospects and economy
The liberalization of informal milk markets in the country has now seen producers, vendors and…
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Growing vegetables and fruits tames water wastage, researchers
As warnings get issued that Kenya’s agricultural water use is surpassing sustainable levels and adversely…
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Cereal farmers grow incomes with storage wares
Kenyan cereal farmers long buffeted by post harvest losses and poor farm gate prices have…
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‘Super Grow’ stems water wastage, tripling yields
Kenyan farmers are using a new solution that reduces water and pesticides wastage by allowing…
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Farmers return to coffee as global demand hit new highs
As global demand for coffee reaches unprecedented highs, Kenyan farmers are replanting what they uprooted…
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Radio still king among Kenya’s smallholder farmers
Kenya’s smallholder farmers still count on radio to learn new techniques of improved farming despite…
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Chicken farmer rides on strict hygiene to reap profits
Francis Ondier 52 is very particular about visitors to his livestock farm. Any visitor must…
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Kiambu farmers access year round low cost hay
A new partnership has assisted smallholder farmers in Kiambu county access year round hay for…
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Company breeds low cost superior maize varieties amid shortage
At a time when the changing climatic conditions are dictating what seeds to plant where,…
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Kenya goes after fake pesticides with new law
Kenya is fine-tuning a new legal framework to regulate the registration and oversight of pesticides…
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Kenya faces East for mechanized agriculture
Kenya is planning to mechanise its agriculture and looking to India for farm equipment that…
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Father of roadside farming earns Sh30,000 monthly supplying veggies
Ezekiel Muli has perfected the art of roadside farming and is now feeding hundreds of…
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Milk processing plant takes urban dwellers back to farms
On a cold, early morning in this small community, women and girls are already working…
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Urban youth ditch ties for overalls and gumboots
A mixture of improved farming methods and lucrative markets for modern crops is now luring…
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The golden girls of Kenya’s agriculture
As the world marks International day of women, Kenya’s recognition of women farmers has been…
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Kenya women farmers neglected despite driving agriculture
Kenyan women make 80 percent of all farmers in the country according to the World…
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JusTea assist tea farmers increase earnings by 20 percent
A Vancouver based NGO is helping Kenyan tea farmers increase their earnings by upto 20…
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Project breeds high value beans for canners
A project to widen bean varieties for canning has yielded fruits with the country now…
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Kenyan maize finds its mojo in new labs
Researchers are teaming up to address the growing list of maize woes in the country…
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Irrigation scheme nourishes arid Loitoktok farms
The landscape in the shadow of Africa’s largest mountain, Kilimanjaro, is stunning. The climate is…
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The diabetic teacher who found fortunes in pig farming
A decision to quit teaching and concentrate on farming on health grounds for Mary Namaganda…
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Telcom firm launches information system for farmers
Mobile phone firm Airtel Kenya has launched an agribusiness information system meant to provide real…
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