Prisons officer helps farmers set up integrated backyard fishponds
A Kenya Prisons Service officer is helping farmers set up quality integrated backyard fish ponds…
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Agriculture
Latest agriculture stories from across Kenya.
Farmers feeding fish kitchen food risk losing stock, expert warns
Feeding fish on kitchen food remains can cause death within days due water contamination resulting…
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OLX SMS links potato farmers to buyers
Potato farmers without Internet-enabled telephone gadgets can now access direct market for their produce after…
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Planting plan and market contact helping farmer in selling produce
Timing of planting season and establishing market networks are helping a Kiambu County farmer in…
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Wood smoke smell helps farmers stock bees
A simple wooden smoke scent or wax can help farmers stock empty hives with bees…
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Farmer helping others get clean high yielding sweet potatoes
A Nyamira County farmer, who started a sweetpotato nursery bed propagation programme with an international…
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Simple, cheap aflatoxin testing kit launched for farmers
An international agricultural research organisation has launched a cheap and easy to use device for…
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New disease tolerant tomato can earn over Sh2million in 75 days
A Nairobi-based international agribusiness firm has released an outdoor hybrid tomato variety resistant to a…
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Quick maturing aerial yams for urbanites
Urban dwellers and other farmers, who have limited space, can grow high yielding and quick…
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Factsheet on achieving 100 per cent onion germination
Farmers who follow guidelines in nursery bed establishment may save up on losses between 30…
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Excess urea best for leaves, not fruits
Kenyan farmers have been warned against excessive use of rabbit urine as leaf fertiliser on…
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Yellow capsicum short supply shoots prices up
Capsicum is one of the most favaorite ingredients in urban cooking, but many farmers prefer…
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White fly trapping gel halves vegetable pesticide use
A Nairobi-based international agribusiness inputs firm has introduced a yellow gel trap that is helping…
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Sivan F1 is the four-months million shillings onion for small-holders
Onion farmers can now harvest a gross income of close to one million shillings from…
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Town garbage feeds farmer’s pigs
Organic garbage, which is collected from towns for dumping, has been free pigs feed for…
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Why first 36 hours are critical for orphaned calf in dairy production
Orphaned calves must be fed on colostrum from a foster mother or replacers within the…
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Charcoal and egg mix treats feed poisoned rabbits fast
A simple mix of a charcoal suspension and a raw egg can save rabbits that…
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Two months maturing beans released for Western Kenya
Farmers in Western Kenya can now harvest up to nine 90kg bags of beans per…
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One Machakos ‘Garden of Eden’ tree bears multiple fruit varieties
An 82-year-old farmer is harvesting different varieties of fruits from a single stem tree after…
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Kisii University scholar moving to rabbit urine harvesting for profits
A former Kisii University student, who started rearing rabbits as a hobby and later for…
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Farmer fetches thousands from humble doves and pigeons
One Nakuru farmer, who plunged into dove and pigeon rearing, is fetching tens of thousands…
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Beef charolais calf earns more than dairy cattle per year
Raising a charolais bull for beef at a feed scarce region can earn a farmer…
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Two chickens and two rabbits multiply 50 fish weight in six months
Kenya Prisons Service officers recently harvested 50 tilapia fish, with some weighing up to thrice…
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Centrifugal extractor saves farmers 30 per cent honey lost to past ways
A bee rearing agribusiness group is saving close to 30 cent of honey lost through…
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