Star farmer: Dairy farming lifts Rift Valley farmer to national and international stardom
With a herd of cattle producing tens of litres of milk and large swathes of…
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Agriculture
Latest agriculture stories from across Kenya.
Highland farmers to earn big from new cold resistant sweet potato varieties
Highland farmers in Kenya are set to benefit from new five cold tolerant sweet potato…
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Agricultural supply platform announces plans to test farmers’ produce for safety
Twiga Foods, an agricultural market place that link farmers and vendors has announced plans to…
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KEPHIS hosts workshop on application of international quality standards for fresh fruits and vegetables
KEPHIS Headquarters, Nairobi – National Plant Protection Organizations from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda, experts…
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Experts training Nakuru County farmers on organic farming
A group of farmers and organic farming eexperts at a spinach farm in Subukia Sub…
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Meru farmer earns Sh250,000 from sorghum farming
A Meru County farmer Germano mugambi who started sorghum farming in 2013 is now earning…
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Government to provide 60 million pyrethrum seedlings to farmers to boost the crop production
Farmers in a pyrethrum farm. Photo courtesy. The government is planning to distribute 60 million…
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World Bank: 17.4m Kenyans cannot afford food
A new report by the World Bank reveals that at least 17.4m Kenyans are living…
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How to make agribusiness work for women
Farmer carrying a bucnh of banana. Photo courtesy. The African Green Revolution Forum 2018 has…
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Why farmers are now feeding tomatoes to cows
Tomato farmers in Central Kenya are now feeding their cows on the produce due to…
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Ministry of agriculture developing new technology to offer quality potato seeds
Mary Wanjiku displays potato seedlings and tubers propagated from rooted apical cutting technology during a…
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Scientist creates nutritional animal feed from Mathenge plant
Mathenge plant. Photo courtesy. Margaret Syomiti, a researcher who has come up with an year…
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Cucumber farmers to earn up to 10 times more by exporting produce to Israel
Kenyan cucumber farmers can earn more than 10 times by exporting their produce to Israel….
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Nyeri farmers adopt cage fish farming from fellows living at the shores of Lake Victoria
A group of farmers from Nyeri County has adopted cage fish farming technology which for…
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Narok County to construct Sh1.2bn leather tannery to offer market for farmers
Workers at a tannery in Kenya. Narok County government to build a tannery to offer…
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Farmers living off the bees in Tana River
Bee keepers in Tana River County have doubled their income after adopting modern techniques in…
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Cooperative insurer launches new project to cover over 250,000 Kenyan farmers with livestock microinsurance
Kenyan cooperative insurer CIC Insurance Group (CIC) on Monday this week launched a five-year project…
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Retrenched civil servant finds a soft landing in mixed farming
Fleciah Wambui Kinyua, a former civil servant at the Ministry of Health who was among…
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Drought tolerant maize variety matures in three months ready for fresh green market
Low rainfall region farmers can now harvest up to 20 bags of 90 kg maize…
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Cassava leaves are an alternative source food for dairy cows in the dry season
Cassava and dairy farmers can dry cassava leaves for use during the dry season when…
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UN agency launches 5-year agribusiness and value chain development plan for Kenya
United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has launched its Country Programming Framework plan for…
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Kisii County plans to revive stalled avocado factory to provide market for farmers
The Kisii County government plans to revive the stalled Kisii avocado factory in a bid…
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Class eight leaver who is earning big from watermelon farming
Sukari F1 watermelon variety. The variety is earning Kariuki Musyoka, a young farmer from Kirinyaga…
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Businessman recruiting farmers to grow bamboo and sisal
In 2017, after serving as a Business Development Specialist for 13 years, Mboya Jacktone Omondi…
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