Narok farmer earns Sh8,000 a week from traditional vegetables
A Narok farmer is earning Sh8,000 a week in profit by growing and selling traditional…
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Agriculture
Latest agriculture stories from across Kenya.
Combining manure and fertilizer doubles crop yields
Maize and bean farmers can increase their yields two-fold (200 per cent) by applying both…
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Strathmore University launches business farming training programme
Strathmore University, School of Business in partnership with AGCO Corporation, a global leader in the…
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Kisumu poultry farmers to benefit from Sh100m government support
Over 1,200 farmers from seven constituencies of Kisumu County are set to benefit from a…
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Farmers earn Sh1000 more a year from rainbow rooster eggs
Prospective chicken farmers can now rear rainbow rooster, an improved kienyeji chicken that can be…
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Kuresoi farmer saves Sh6000 monthly by selling milk to a cooperative
Sophia Ngatia, dairy farmer from Kuresoi is saving more than Sh200 boda boda transport cost…
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Western Kenya to receive rains for the next four days, says Weatherman
Farmers in counties in the Lake Basin region and highlands west, central and south of…
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Maize farming earns farmer double benefits
Nandi farmer Cyrus Kitur is reaping double benefits from his two acre maize farm by…
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Farmers can earn 25 per cent harvest more using P-Mazao fertiliser
Maize farmers in the country can earn more than 25 per cent harvest increase…
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NGO inspires value addition of produce for rural farmers
Rural farmers can increase the value of their crops ten-fold by using a new technology…
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Farm Company launches mini tractor for smallholder farmers
Multipurpose handpushed walking tractor/PHOTO/FILE G.North and Son Limited, a company with more than 50 years’…
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Honey farm earns Sh700 more per kilogram by value addition
Branded Nyaru farm honey raedy for market. Processing and parckging honey earns the farm more…
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Water harvesting increases Mwingi farmer’s livestock herd
Goats quenching their thirst at a water pan in Charles Kalili’s farm/PHOTO/COURTESY. Mwingi…
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New technology helps farmer produce potato seeds in three weeks
Sprouting potato seeds. The seeds can also be produced through cutting by rooted apical cutting technology….
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Dairy farmers to earn over Sh4.5bn from KCC plant upgrade programme
Milk farmers delivering their milk at a collection centre. New KCC is upgrading its processing…
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Farmer grows short-term crops to earn big in just 67 days
A thousand headed kales variety. The veriety produces about eight tonnes which is equivalent to…
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Agricultural Center to provide free two day training for Murang’a farmers
More than 6,000 Murang’a farmers are set to benefit from a free two day training…
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Seed Company develops drought and disease resistant maize varieties
A farmer carrying parkets of seeds. Farmers should be careful of to procure their seeds…
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Nyamira youth earning Sh1.25m a year from mixed farming
Janet Chebet receiving Best Youth Farmer award from president Uhuru Kenyatta during Nairobi International Trade Fair…
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Oserian’s vuvuzela flower variety gains popularity in Kenya
Daniel Ndambuki famously known as Churchill pose for a photo with Oserian flower farm workers…
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Seed Co introduces new maize variety tolerant to lethal necrosis disease
Seed Co, a company that develops and markets certified crop seeds, mainly hybrid maize seed…
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Makueni farmer adopts bottle drip irrigation for his pawpaws
A Makueni farmer who ventured into pawpaw farming four years ago but lost half of…
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Rice husks, stalks value addition to benefit Mwea rice farmers
Rice husks More than 7,022 farmers from Mwea Irrigation Scheme are set to benefit from a…
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Fact sheet: Seed suppliers in Kenya
One of the biggest factors holding back Kenyan agribusiness is the low uptake of high-yield…
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