Factsheet on bixa farming
Consistent demand for bixa seeds remain high in the country as poverty eats into most…
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Agriculture
Latest agriculture stories from across Kenya.
Why you need drip irrigation for higher profits
With irrigation bringing more arable land under cultivation, saving the amount of water in the…
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This is how to grow and earn millions with groundnuts
Most farmers in Kenya are now embracing high value crops like groundnuts and soybeans, ditching…
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Insects to supplement proteins in animal feed
Animals would soon have rich protein insect supplements in feeds following a conclusive research on…
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Benefits of growing crops in bags
Growing flowers around houses, verandas and other open spaces available in homesteads is normal for…
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Tobacco farmers in Kenya to earn up to 4 times in export market
Tobacco farmers in Kenya are likely to earn up to Sh800 if they import their…
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Factsheet on grafting crops
Grafting is becoming one of the commonest methods of improving crop yields, increasing resistance to…
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One Tamarillo tree earns farmer Sh2,000 yearly
As one enters the home of Jesse Kiorio, his wife Kezia is singing in Kikuyu…
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Less than half acre ‘wonder’ fruit earns farmer over Sh60,000 monthly
Mr. Jesse Kioria tending to his pepino fruits Renowned Prof Wangari Maathai became an environmental…
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Accurate pregnancy testing kit may soon be in Kenya
Accurate pregnancy testing kit may soon be a reality for Kenyan farmers following the successful…
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Bell pepper farmers to make Sh1.3m per acre in 75days with a new variety
The Kenya Highland Seed company has launched a fast maturing, high value and diseases resistant…
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Dhania may help slice farm costs by ‘seducing’ pest eaters
As most farmers in Kenya grow coriander or dhania for the vibrant urban and rural…
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Adults snatch rabbit keeping ‘hobby’ away from their children, making easy and fast returns
Farmers in Kenya are quickly embracing rabbit rearing owing to its , affordable starting capital…
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High demand for Rhode Hay seeds in Kenya
Boma Rhode hay farmers in Kenya can now earn both from the hay and seeds,…
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Charolais can earn farmers over Sh0.5 million in two years
Beef farmers, more-so those in dry areas, can earn more than half a million shillings…
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Kitchen Soko linking farmers to Nairobi consumers
One tomato farmer who made losses to poor market is connecting peasants to online buyers…
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Two cows’ dung saves farmer thousands of shillings in cooking gas
With only to cows, a farmer who installed a biomass digester two years, is saving…
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Farmer milking Sh54,000 monthly from cross-bred cows
A former regional agricultural extension officer is milking at least Sh54,000 per month from well…
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How farmer earned Sh100,000 from guinea fowl pets
A farmer who found money in guinea fowl he was rearing as flower-birds is plunging…
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Nakuru farmers earning Sh200,000 a month from basil exports
A burgeoning European appetite for basil, a versatile aromatic herb in the mint family, has…
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Pawpaw farmers to earn Sh3.2 million with a new hybrid variety
Pawpaw farmers in Kenya are set to increase their yield by up to 200 percent,…
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Farmer uses chili in chasing out chicken predators
Residents of dry region in the country can mint thousands of shillings in a few…
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High yielding, cheap watermelon enters market
A Nairobi-based international agribusiness firm has released another new high performing, but cheap watermelon variety…
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Small-holder dairy goat farmers to feed Djibouti market
Djibouti has opened its doors for Kenyan dairy goat farmers, who are better placed to…
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