Trap crops keep pests at bay
Farmers who have struggled to tame pests are recording increased yields and reduced pest infestation…
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Agriculture
Latest agriculture stories from across Kenya.
Engineer builds horticulture empire in city
Numerous frustrating visits to groceries and supermarkets without finding fresh produce inspired Marianne Kinuthia, a…
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Vanguard women farmers find money in trash
A group of six enterprising women have turned a heap of garbage in Nakuru to…
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Diminishing arable land paves way for rabbit farming
Diminishing land size and highly unpredictable weather conditions have birthed the fanatical uptake and commercialization…
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Dairy farmers conserve environment with biogas digesters
Over 6000 farmers who supply milk to New Kenya Creameries Corporation (KCC) are set to…
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Kenya looses on leather fortunes as Ethiopia rakes billions
Low technology, poor marketing strategies and low quality of hides and skins as a result…
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Western Kenya to lead Kenya’s palm oil revolution
Western Kenya is poised to be Kenya’s source of palm oil which could spare the…
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School rescues pastoralists’ livestock from death
Pastoralists staring at dwindling pasture land for their livestock are going back to school to…
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Highly Commended CNN Multichoice African Journalism Awards
Farmbizafrica has received the Judges’ high commendation in the Environment award category of the CNN…
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Enterprising farmer boosts region’s yields with crop rotation
One woman’s effort to feed her family through crop rotation and a home made green…
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Highland arrowroots return dignity to Central Kenya’s soil
A group of farmers in Central Kenya, frustrated by dwindling yields and low returns from…
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Global horticultural bonanza lifts Kenya’s earnings
An annual global horticultural bonanza has assisted fresh produce exporters and farmers diversify markets while…
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Uganda horticultural exports survive EU ban
Ugandan horticulture industry has narrowly escaped a ban on its exports to European Union which…
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Company tames flower loss by shortening supply chain
Flower customers loose upto $100million due to poor temperature control along supply chains, with Kenyan…
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Tomato turns Western students into entrepreneurs
Students at Chisare Secondary School of Western Kenya are earning their school income from the…
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Goats help farmers fight climate change
Farmers in Nyando, Western Kenya are shifting from maize farming and ordinary livestock keeping to…
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Daadab refugees find reprieve in pawpaw, bean cultivation
Refugee students at Daadab are stemming food shortage in the area through pawpaw, spinach and…
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Quality seeds herald sorghum boom in Western Kenya
In Khaoya area of Western Kenya, the sound of women singing and cheerfully chatting from…
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Ugandan favourable packaging policy entices Kenya carrot farmers
A favourable packaging policy in Uganda is enticing Kenyan carrot farmers who have long been…
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Dairy farmers milk millions with cooperative
An association of 35 dairy farmers producing 32 litres a day in the 1990s has…
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Smartphone boom inspires life saving livestock apps
Food and Agriculture Organization FAO of the United Nations says that the mobile phone applications…
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KARI invests in women to boost livestock farming
Women account for over 65 percent of all workforce in the country yet they never…
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KARI scientists embrace tech to boost research
Over 400 scientists from the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute can now publish their journals and…
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Meteoric demand for fish drives aquaculture farming
A growing Kenyan population, expected to hit 55 million by 2020, will create demand for…
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