Man builds rabbits empire single-handedly despite financial challenges
Moses Mutua, founder, and owner of Rabbit Republic Ltd holding two rabbit kits. Mutua started…
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Agriculture
Latest agriculture stories from across Kenya.
Ready sorghum market increasing demand for seeds by farmers
Increased demand for sorghum grains by different markets in Kenya that has seen many farmers…
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Ready banana market relieves frustrated coffee farmer
A harvested green banana bunch. Moseti started with 50 stems, but the number has multiplied as…
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Company launches new fertilizer to fix degraded soils and increase yields
Smallholder farmers in Kenya are set to benefit from a new organic fertilizer that will…
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SokoFreshi connects more than 100,000 farmers to local and international markets
Buyers and sellers of farmers’ produce can now trade their produce by using SOKOFRESHI, a…
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How to grow hydroponic fodder in seven days and save production costs by 70 per cent
Sheep and goats feeding on hydroponically produced fodder. Hydroponics farming uses 80 per cent less water…
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Driver’s side hustle vegetable farming job earns him Sh50,000 a season
In 2013 after working as a clerk at a Nairobi based company for 14 years,…
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Fresh fruits buyer and supplier looses tender rules to offer market to all producers
Ripe pawpaw fruits. Smallholders across the East Africa region to get market after buyer accepts…
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Rabbit urine can eliminate whiteflies reducing insecticide costs for farmers
Unconcentrated rabbit urine poured in a backpack sprayer. Photo courtesy. Farmers can reduce the money…
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Kenya’s fish production increases by 10 per cent improving farmers’ income
The total fish output in Kenya increased by 10 per cent from 135,100 tonnes in…
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Health conscious households drive neglected vegetables cultivation
Spider plant. Photo, Zablon Oyugi. Broad-leaved African nightshade (Solanum scabrum) long vilified by many households…
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How to grow and earn millions with passion fruits
Most farmers are embracing high horticultural value crops such as passion fruits and avocados ditching…
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Nandi farmer looking for buyers for his tea seedlings
In 2016, Robert Choge started raising tea seedlings as a side hustle for sale at…
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Urban farmer scaling up his income by organic strawberry farming
William Kibe planting strawberry runners. He grows Chandler variety from which he harvests fruits to…
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Company doubles potato seed multiplication to meet high demand from farmers
Markies potato seed variety. It is best for fresh fry as it has slightly low dry…
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How the newly released 2019 potato regulations will save Nyandarua farmers from unfair trade
Packed potatoes for market. According to the new regulations, the maximum weight per unit package…
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How poultry side hustle turned tour guide into a countrywide supplier
In December 2012 after working for various companies, Patrick Onwong’a quit his job and turned…
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Company contracting farmers to rear rabbits
Moses Mutua, founder and owner of Rabbit Republic Ltd holding a rabbit at his Kamulu farm….
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Farmer who uprooted Eucalyptus trees for mixed farming does not regret
In 2018, Pr. Evans Nyakwara uprooted all his eucalyptus trees after growing them for 14…
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Farmer turns to herbs to cure potato disease as commercial chemicals seem ineffective and expensive
One Kirinyaga County farmer is turning local herbs into remedy against potato blight disease, which…
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Why getting it right in breeding is a great success in commercial rabbit farming
One of the California white doe rabbit at Felix Maina’s Forest Lane Rabbit Breeders’s farm In…
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Company helps farmers set up multistory garden that can last for 10 years
Farmers with small pieces of land can today maximize their crop production by setting up…
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Market opens for small-scale cassava farmers in Machakos County
Ebwana Tereka cassava variety which was released in 2017 by Kenya Agricultural Livestock and Research Organisation…
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Farmer who quit maize for tomatoes earns six times more
In 2009, Catherine Mumbi quit maize and beans farming due to low yields and poor…
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