Kirinyaga farmers increase earnings threefold selling bananas as a group
Banana farmers from Kirinyaga County have more than tripled their profit in the recent past…
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Agriculture
Latest agriculture stories from across Kenya.
Limuru farmer targets Chinese with unique cabbage to grow income
While other people are condemning the swelling population of the Chinese in Kenya, a Limuru…
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Varsity students introduce solar-powered tent that keeps agroproduce cool for more than five days
The University of Nairobi students have come up with a cheap solar powered tent to…
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Feeding fish homemade feeds more profitable
Farmers rearing fish with homemade feeds may make more profits by than their commercial feeds…
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Redworm rearing promises better income for undergraduate
Instead of idly waiting for his graduation, Samuel Gichohi, a student-cum-farmer having come across some…
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Huge milk demand in Busia excites farmers
Dairy farmers in Busia County are set to benefit from increasing market demand for milk…
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FarmBiz Training Schedule – Q1 2022
All our courses are given by experts and include time for your questions. We aim…
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Company links farmers to best inputs to boost production
An international chemical company is offering support farmers to boost production by linking them to…
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Agronomist saving part-time farmers investment losses
A seasoned agronomist is rescuing many employed youths whose plight of embracing agribusiness as an…
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Lamu youth increase earnings fivefold as hotels’ demand for tomatoes soars
A decision by a group of young men to dump their small businesses that used…
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Kiambu farmer turns his love for fruits into a money minting venture
Five years ago Benson Wakaba, a farmer from Kiambu County, because of his love for…
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Tharaka Nithi County subsidises artificial insemination services to lower farmers’ cost of production
Dairy farmers in Tharaka Nithi County are set to benefit from reduced Artificial Insemination (AI)…
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Bungoma farmer taps into rabbit urine and droppings for more income
Besides a successful venture in rabbit rearing Humprey Wangila a farmer in Bungoma is now…
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Farmbiz inviting you for another training on how to export farm produce
Following increased demand from individual agro- entrepreneurs running small and medium-sized farms in the country…
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Top dressing Rhodes Grass
Make hay while the sun shines! While this often quoted adage is true in life…
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Hydroponic tomato farming offers Juja youth better income
A group of five youths in Juja, Kiambu County who were previously into casual jobs…
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Former financial analyst bets on new methods of farming for income and food security
Born, raised and worked in areas that experience extreme dry weather conditions in Kenya…
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Regulator, farmers agree to stop avocado harvesting to avoid trading of immature fruits
Horticultural Crops Directorate (HCD) in agreement with Avocado society of Kenya is set to ban…
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Vihiga farmers build banana processing plant, provide market for growers
A group of over 40 farmers from Vihiga County has put up a banana processing…
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Simple net prevents nurserybed from pests’ attack
Immediate laying of a net over a nursery bed can prevent pests that attack seedlings…
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Nairobi online farmer’s market links growers with busy office and home consumers
Enric Farm Fresh, an online farmer’s market in Nairobi is targeting busy office and home…
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Consumers’ love for ugali drives farmers to grow H614 maize seed developed in 1986
Kenyan farmers still prefer planting the 614 maize seed variety that was developed 31 years…
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Farmers replace maize with fish, harvesting fortunes
As tired soils and failed rains take a toll on farms with traditional crops like…
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Stakeholders launch $950 million initiative to boost Africa’s coffee industry
The Inter African Coffee Organisation (IACO) in partnership with Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International…
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