High-yielding grafted apples for low rainfall regions
Farmers in low rainfall areas can grow grafted drought tolerant apples for a continuous supply…
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Agriculture
Latest agriculture stories from across Kenya.
Narok milk plant to start making chocolate bars in September
Narok County dairy farmers would from September this year be selling milk to their first…
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Subukia farmers trashing tomatoes
The closure of the Kabazi Canners factory in Subukia area of Nakuru County left farmers…
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Farmers urged to embrace tissue culture bananas
Despite the introduction of high yielding and disease resistant laboratory raised plantlets, farmers in banana…
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KSh700 insemination for Nyandarua farmers as vets get motorbikes
Nyandarua County government has rolled out a cheap artificial insemination programme targeting to improve the…
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Meru farmer selling mature mango plants in small pots
Urban farming enthusiasts, and especially those living in rented spaces, can dabble in fruit farming…
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Kenyan wheat farmers urge government to increase import tax
Farmers have urged the government to increase the import duty on wheat as a way…
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Strange animal killing livestock in Eldoret
Farmers in Limo area of Kapsoya Location, Eldoret are a worried lot after a strange…
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Muhoroni closes after machines crash
Breakdown of machines at the Muhoroni and Chemelil Sugar Companies could affect the milling of…
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GMO maize promises to triple farmers’ yields
Maize farmers in Kenya could produce 3.7 tonnes of maize per hectare (2.5 acre), almost…
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How much it costs to drill a borehole
Small-scale farmers are perennially frustrated by unreliable rain and drying rivers yet they can get…
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UKaid providing low-interest loans to Kenyan farmers
Farmers from various counties have reported increased income after improving their enterprise using low-interest loans…
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Kenya can export more than 30,000 tonnes of gum
Farmers in drier areas have been asked to grow gum and resin producing trees to…
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Farmers sell maize worth Sh2.5b to NCPB
Farmers in Kenya have sold 2 million 50 Kg bags of maize worth KSh2.6b to…
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FAO: Combining livestock and crop farming triples earnings
Small-scale agribusiness people can triple productivity by adopting modern integrated farming and hi tech practices,…
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All Weetabix wheat to come from British farmers
British cereal company Weetabix has renewed its pledge to source all its wheat from British…
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Nakuru hay farmer commended by UK
Nakuru farmer Noah Chemirmir has been highly commended by the British High Commission for his…
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Local fish labs to boost Kenya exports
Kenya is set to increase its fish exports thanks to a partnership with the Spanish…
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Nakuru enters farming MoU with China
The Nakuru County Government has entered into a memorandum of understanding with several Chinese states,…
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Lack of quality planting material to blame for poor crop yields
Public and private sectors in agriculture must strengthen channels of supplying high quality crop plating…
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Kenya at a good place to bridge France’s dire need of pineapples
Kenyan farmers can fill the international pineapple deficit, which has resulted in a sharp price…
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Cheap maize sheller saves farmers tens of hours
Smallholder maize farmers in Kenya can now shell up to 4kg of maize at ago…
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How to grow the endangered sandalwood
In an effort to save sandalwood from extinction due to rampant logging and uprooting for…
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EU market opens up for Kenyan fish farmers
Fish farmers in Kenya can now earn up to Sh800 per kilo of fillet, almost…
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