Rare fruit fetches KSh2,300 per Kg in Kenya
There is a golden fruit in the local and world markets but no Kenyan farmer…
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Agriculture
Latest agriculture stories from across Kenya.
Mushroom firm looking for outgrowers
Mushroom Blue, a Kenyan startup branding and supplying mushroom products, including pizza, is buying and…
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Farmer tapping money from the flourishing strawberry market
One small-scale farmer in Kiambu County is tapping tens of thousands of shillings flowing from…
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Healthy eaters craving mushrooms
Mushroom farmers in Kenya stand a chance to benefit from the growing demand of the…
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Bees keeping errant elephants away from farm fields
Peasants living near wildlife conservancies are mixing crop and bee farming to fend off errant…
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Liquid paraffin helps day-old chick on first feeding
Chicks, after hatching, may take longer than expected to start feeding on their own. But…
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Flower farmers smiling as Valentine’s Day approaches
Trade is booming for Kenyan flower farmers as Valentine’s Day gets nearer, with their business…
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Kenya approves GM maize
Kenyan researchers say that more tests are needed before genetically modified (GM) maize seeds can…
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Purple tea to end farmers’ agony as black tea prices fall
Kenya farmers would reap more from the huge demand for purple tea in the global…
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New potato varieties key to EU market
Small-scale agribusiness entrepreneurs can seize the massive sweet potato market opening in Europe and cash in…
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Enterprising Kenyan leader spearheads snail farming
Rosemary Odinga is the only farmer currently registered by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) to…
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Narok farmers urged to store wheat until prices rise
Narok County farmers have been asked to deliver wheat to silos and other storage facilities…
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Passsion fruit shortage hits soft drink companies
Farmers can meet the sharp soft drink market demand by growing high-yielding passion fruit varieties…
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Nyandarua Sh700 insemination plan on despite protest
The Nyandarua County government will officially launch the planned cheap artificial insemination (AI) service programme…
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Super fungicide set for Kenya shelves
Rose flower farmers will soon save up to 35 per cent of their produce after…
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Nakuru County to vaccinate 400,000 animals
Nakuru County government is in a vaccination rush to save more than 400,000 heads of…
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Kenya gets billions for irrigation
Kenya has secured a KSh6.3 billion from the African Development Bank (AFDB), for use in…
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Mango insecticide costs slashed by half
Mango farmers can slash by half expenditure on fruit-fly insecticides and double market demand for…
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Gadget converts any space into cold room
A farmer in New York, Ron Khosla, has invented a solution to Africa’s fruit and…
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Demand spikes as bitter melon linked to cancer cure
Kenyan farmers growing bitter melon stand a chance to benefit from better prices in the…
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Groundnut farmers urged to adopt 4x yielding varieties
Groundnut farmers have been asked to grow newly introduced high-yielding varieties to in cash from…
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Plastic mulch drastically reduces production costs
Small-holder farmers can cut costs of irrigation and mechanisation by adopting synthetic mulch. Ministry of…
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New tomato variety resists nematodes
Amiran Kenya has introduced a nematode resistant tomato variety dubbed Shanty Improved F1 in the…
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UK researchers against free solar kits for Kenyans
Researchers hired by the UK government have objected a plan to donate 2 million home…
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