Chinese Mango Festival offers Kenya export market
A farmers poses with mango fruits. China has entered among the countries offering a market…
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Agriculture
Latest agriculture stories from across Kenya.
Irrigation boosts banana yield by 30%
Aberdare Technology staff Naomi Wahu stands beside the seedlings firm’s giant banana of more than…
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Cassava flour company offers farmers market
Mhogo Foods marketing officer Peter Mbugua displays cassava flour at a farmers’ trade fair in…
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Greenhouses boost property sales
Vintage company’s CEO Elijah Njoroge poses outside their greenhouse during the Nairobi ASK Show 2016….
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Rabbit market crops up in Kiambu
Godfrey Njoroge feels the weight of a rabbit during a farmers event at the Thika…
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Farmers get 80% asset financing
Kenya John Deere branch marketer Vincent Omondi tests on the tractors in the Thika Technical…
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Routine chicks vaccination boots survival
With the growing population and consumption of chickens globally, these birds have become a major…
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Farmpro youths offer farmers production and marketing solutions
Kevin Maini, Paul Ayieko and Maina Muchai (From left to right) inspecting spinaches in part…
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Month-old chicks more profitable than day old
Farmer Mary Njeri attending to chicks at her farm in Nakuru. Selling a month old…
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Supplier makes over Sh50,000 weekly as demand for vegetables surges
Bags full of kales being loaded into a vehicle at Nyambari, along the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway…
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Bantams are cheap profitable birds to rear
A bantam cock at the Mombasa International Trade Fair of 2016. Bantams are small but…
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soil steaming cuts tomato losses
Nathan Mala spraying tomato seedlings in 2016. Steaming soil has helped him control bacterial wilt…
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Spinach farmer earns more by avoiding middlemen
Nathan Mala tends to his spinaches at his farm at Nyambari, Kimbu County in 2016….
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Agreprenuer earns twice from ripening other farmers’ bananas
A farmer inspects a banana bunch at Kitale VI Farm. A Nyamira County farmer makes…
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Vegetable prices double in Nairobi
Andrew Kusewa at a vegetable display plot during the 2016 Nairobi ASK Show. Vegetable farmers…
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Feeding increases milk production
Kakamega County farmer, Wycliffe Ochango feeds his cow at the Moi AKS Showground during the…
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Exotic birds are more profitable than chicken
Exotic bird farmer Lucy Ngugi holds guinea fowls. Exotic birds are helping her recover from…
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Turkeys hatch for guinea fowls
Ornamental birds farmer, Lucy Ngugi, inspects duck and guinea fowl eggs being incubated by a…
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Mixed farming earns agripreneur double cash
Nyeri farmer, Jesse Kiorio, displays pepino fruits at his farm in Tetu in February 2016….
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Livestock farmers to save Sh160 with cheap foot and mouth vaccine
A dairy cow at the 2016 Nakuru ASK Show. farmers could save Sh160 per year…
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OPINION: Set for Take off – Kenya’s Agriculture Sector Ready for Increased Investments
In December 2016 in Nairobi, President Uhuru Kenyatta hosted the largest ever annual gathering of…
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Heat kills dreaded bee pests
A farmer introduces bees into a beehive. smart technology can help farmers eradicate deadly varroa…
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Used engine oil tames termites
A man harvests mushrooms from a termite hill in a park. Raphael Ngari applies used…
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Dual purpose brown chicken gives farmer close to 300 eggs yearly
Brown egg layers in a lawn. Nyeri County farmer Nixon Muchiri is getting mover than…
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