How to spot fake seeds in the market
The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) has launched a new text based service to…
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Agriculture
Latest agriculture stories from across Kenya.
Why he abandoned maize and wheat for hay production
Boma Rhodes crop. A Narok County farmer is earning more than Sh500, 000 annually from…
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Star farmer: Narok tomato farmer earns Sh3m form his wooden greenhouses
A constructed wooden greenhouse by Greenhouse Kenya company (+254723053026). A Narok County tomato farmer is earning…
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Farmers to start planting new rice variety early next year
The new rice variety to be availed soon will save the country Sh7bn used in…
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ICIPE turns to farmer groups in Western Kenya to spread ‘push-pull’ technology
Sorghum intercropped with desmodium in a push-pull technology which is appropriate and economical to the…
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Nyamira farmers training on fall army worm control set for Dec 19th
Smallholder farmers in Nyamira County are set to benefit from a free farmers training on…
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Solar incubator saves farmer hatching costs
The high cost of the incubators and electricity bills drove Godfrey Ng’ang’a into making solar…
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Kenyan farmers to access import, export information in five minutes on online portal
The Kenya Trade Network Agency in partnership with Trade Mark East Africa has launched a…
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Dairy farmer riding on proper breeding for high and quality production
Artificial Insemination. Selecting the right bull which has desirable qualities to serve his cows so…
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Kakamega farmer: I make Sh90,000 per week from my indigenous chicken
A project to promote indigenous chicken in 2011 proved to be a turning point for…
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Sh20, 000 is what a tree of kiwi fruit can earn a farmer per harvest
Kiwi is a climbing plant and needs support until they are properly established, a trellis…
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Value addition improves livelihoods of mango farmers in Kitui
Kitui Enterprise Promotion Company (KEPC), a mango processing firm in Kitui in collaboration with the…
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Five dairy goats have more returns than a dairy cow
A dairy goat feeding from its feeding trough. Rearing five goats for milk which requires…
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Here is how you can utilize waste in your farm to grow mushrooms
Farmers intending to grow mushrooms for sale can use farm waste from their farms to…
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How to grow better bananas in Western Kenya
Smallholder farmers in western Kenya can double the size of their banana bunches from 40…
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Agro Company unveils all-season tomato variety
Tomato farmers and consumers are set to benefit from steady tomato supply to the markets…
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High quality grafted fruit seedlings for Nyanza farmers
Smallholder farmers within Nyanza region can get high quality fast maturing grafted fruit seedlings at…
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Casual labourer increases his wages by selling cabbage wastes
Cabbage wastes. In a day Jeremiah Mwangi earns an extra Sh1, 050 from selling cabbage…
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Adopting fodder crop farming improves farmer’s income
Boma Rhodes. Peter Mutisya, a fodder crop farmer in Kivaa village, Machakos County earns over…
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JKUAT trains farmers on cricket farming
The Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology this week trained over 500 farmers on…
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Better seeds help African farmers see higher yields and incomes
Millions of farmers in Africa are now harvesting two to three times more grain compared…
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Cockroach milk could be the protein ingredient you have been missing
A new research indicates that cockroach milk can be transformed into a food supplement worthy…
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Vetiver grass’s multi-purpose usage draws many farmers
Field of Vetiver grass. Photo: Shutterstock A hundred farmers in Voi are growing Vetiver, a…
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Banana pseudo stems value addition creating jobs for Kirinyaga women and youth
Farmer displays banana fibre on the sun to dry. Photo courtesy. Integrated Community Organization for…
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