Farmers growing Sesame (simsim) have a wide range of benefits
Farm of Sesame plants. Sesame is better crop rotation of cotton, maize, groundnut, wheat, and…
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Agriculture
Latest agriculture stories from across Kenya.
Uasin Gishu Based CBO abandons crop farming for chicken rearing
Berur farmers group has resorted to chicken rearing due multiple crop losses Many smallholder crop…
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Youths encouraged to embrace self-employment by strawberry farming
Strawberry fruits.Strawberry farming has become increasingly popular in the recent past in Kenyan rural and…
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Agricultural centre trains over 1, 800 farmers yearly for free
Field day event at Waruhiu Agriculture Training Centre. Farmers get trained and linked to markets and…
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Experts recommend inter-cropping Nuts and legumes with other crops
Maize inter-cropped with fertilizer trees. There is huge benefits legumes have on soil fertility and ultimately…
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Farmer championing rooftop gardening in Mombasa
A rooftop garden. With dwindling arable land, rooftop gardening can feed dozens of people comfortably. Photo: satu…
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Kisumu Entrepreneur Producing Paper from Water Hyacinth
Michael Otieno (Center) explaining a point to a customer at the National Science Technology Innovation…
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Seedman Selling Red Delicious Apple Seeds
Red delicious apples. The crisp and juicy apple has a waxy red skin with pure…
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Simple Method to reduce storage losses in beans
A farmer harvesting beans Many smallholder farmers are grappling with post-harvest losses of their beans…
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X-Agro field officer goes organic with maize farming
Organically grown young maize in a maize farm. Organic farming has lower heath risk to the…
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Uasin Gishu farmers decry loss of livestock to mysterious animal
The cagey beast sucks blood from the sheep leaving them to die a slow painful…
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Alfacyper-M 100EC insecticide fights maize streak virus
50ml package of Alfacyper-M 100EC. It is available in different packages affordable to farmers. Maize…
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Polythene bag silage technology for increased milk yield
The polythene bag silage method is ideal for smallholder farmers who can make small quantities of…
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Mfarm empowers smallholder farmers with easy market access
Sharing information with farmers via mobile phone bolsters production and promotes easy market access A…
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Wet Salting Technology improves quality of hides and skins
Wet salting is a simple technology of preserving skins using salt.( PIC: Kenya Livestock Marketing…
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Calving detector, new way to manage calving
Calving detector, new dairy technological method to monitor calving in cows….
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Maize Nixtamalization reduces aflatoxin by 60-70%
Aflatoxin infested maize Farmers who have been grappling with afltoxin on their maize and other…
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Vertical bag farms, relief to small holder farmers
Small holder farmers face many challenges land being the main one, have a big solution…
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The Mediae Company motivate youth into farming through Television
Four young farmers have been advised on best farming practices, financial management, niche marketing and…
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Unique and fast maturing pumpkin seeds ready for farmers
Orange fleshed SF137 Lanky Leon pumpkin Hybrid. They are orange from the time they are…
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Nandi farmers receive Ksh. 2.5 million pesticides to fight army worms
Nandi County Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Chief Officer, Willy Too (right) receiving a consignment of…
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Know and protect bees to improve crop yields
A bee extracting pollen from a flower Most small scale farmers in East Africa have…
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These bean varieties produce higher yields in North Rift Valley
A smallholder farmers harvesting beans from her farm Beans are an important food crop in…
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Duma and Ngamia Wheat Varieties thrive in the dry areas of Kenya
Duma and Ngamia wheat varieties have good resistance to diseases Wheat is a type of…
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