How meagre pocket money birthed Sh6,000 profit a week mushroom venture for college students
Chapvin Mushrooms house at Igegania, Thika. the company currently produces 80-100 punnets a week. Photo courtesy. Charles…
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Agriculture
Latest agriculture stories from across Kenya.
Kenyan coast beekeepers double honey production from 30 to 60 kilos a year with modern hives
Coastal region farmers are getting trained on honey harvesting using modern kits and beehives. With…
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Outsourced eggs cut hatching rate by over 50 per cent
Farmers who rely on eggs bought from other producers for hatching chicks are at risk…
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Semen costs to go down by half on purchase of new liquid tankers by government
The cost of semen in Kenya will go down by half following the government’s move…
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Training boosts coffee farmer’s earnings by 75 per cent
A farmer tending to her coffer. Photo: G. Smith (CIAT) At least 42,000 Central Kenya farmers…
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Nandi farmer who quit maize for French beans gets guaranteed market
In May 2019, Robert Kiprop Choge quit maize farming for French beans, a short season…
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Strawberry jam production helps company find market for grade 2 fruits
The Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute (KIRDI) plant in South C, Nairobi where VG Foods Ltd…
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New technology to help farmers prevent bacterial wilt in potatoes
The International Potato Center (CIP) in collaboration with the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS)…
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Acute shortage of dwarf coconut variety seedlings hits coastal region
Roughly six months after Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) launched a new high-yielding fast-maturing…
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How a former P1 teacher built a mixed farm empire in Kisumu from Sh4,000 capital
Antony tending to some of his ornamental birds at his farm in Dunga, Kisumu County….
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Nyamira farmer looking for manure suppliers in Kisii, Bomet, Kericho and Homa Bay
A Nyamira banana farmer Erick Muturi is looking for manure suppliers in Kisii, Nyamira, Bomet,…
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Sugar industry faces exacerbated decline and extinction on proposed regulations
By Michael Arum, Coordinator of the Sugar Campaign for Kenyan cane growers Kenya’s sugar industry…
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Former bodaboda rider earns up to Sh40,000 a season from vegetable farming
Part of Mwambigu’s kales farm at Taita-Taveta. Photo courtesy. After being edged out of bodaboda riding business…
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New farming technology increases crop yields by 500 to 2000 per cent
Banny Ronoh, 28, an agricultural economist and a tutor at the Rift Valley College of…
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Youth earns Sh150,000 a season from arrowroot farming after abandoning maize production
Arrowroot farm, photo courtesy. Washington Luano, an arrowroot farmer from Matungu in Kakamega County is…
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NGO launches new multi-purpose product that improves soil fertility, crop yields and boosts livestock feeds
Umoja East Africa Fund, a Nairobi based NGO has launched a new product called Indigenous…
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Sugar farmers chase government to follow law in forming regulations
Illegal sugar regulations presented without impact assessment or justification breached Statutory Instruments Act 2013, now…
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Vocational centre training farmers on amaranth seeds value addition for more cash
Amaranth crop. The seeds are processed into popped, flaked, extruded and grounded into flour. Photo courtesy….
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Africa’s Agri-preneurs Summit set for July 26th to 28th in Nairobi to explore market options for farmers and training on value addition
Active and prospective farmers facing market challenges and those seeking to venture into agribusiness will…
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Fresh produce buyer seeks to offer services in local languages for easier communication with farmers
Selina Wamucii’s staff at work. Photo courtesy. Selina Wamucii, a Kenyan social enterprise that in…
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Mastercard Farmers Network connects small-scale farmers with potential buyers and financial access
Mastercard has partnered with the United States African Development Foundation (USADF) and the International Center…
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Global agribusiness firm reduces production downtime with smart sensors
ABB Ability Smart Sensor Leading agribusiness, Olam International, is digitalizing its operations with the ABB…
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Kenya social entrepreneur wins Prestigious Commonwealth Award for connecting farmers to global markets
John Oroko Co-founder Selina Wamucii Limited. Photo courtesy. A Kenyan social entrepreneur whose company is…
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Fact sheet on rapeseed farming in Kenya
Rapeseed is one of the crops in demand in Kenya’s local markets. Agventure Limited, a…
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