Move to ban pesticides being used to curb locusts and Fall Army Worn will lead to crop devastation, warn growers
Agricultural and industry organisations have today called on the government of Kenya to intervene to…
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Agriculture
Latest agriculture stories from across Kenya.
Graduate develops biofuel for household cooking from water hyacinth
Eric Gathirwa Kariuki, an Alumni of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology has come…
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Urban dweller turns to growing own food to fix ill-health
Before 2015 Victor Barasa, a resident of Karen, one of the leafy suburbs of Nairobi…
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25 cooperatives behind Nyeri County milk boom
Dairy farmers in Nyeri County seem to have embraced the importance of dairy cooperative societies…
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State to offer milk market for dairy goat and camel farmers
In a bid to offer market for dairy goat and camel farmers in the country…
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Half a kilo to one kilo increase of dairy meal after calving maintains milk production
An increase of between a half a kilo and one kilo of the dairy meal…
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NYS Tumaini base producing clean potato seeds for farmers using new technology
National Youth Service (NYS) at its offices in Tumaini, Nyandarua County is employing new technology…
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JKUAT selling nine varieties of indigenous vegetables released by KEPHIS
Consumers and producers of African indigenous vegetables in Kenya and beyond can access quality seeds…
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Tea farmers set to enjoy 50 per cent payments on monthly deliveries
Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has promised to pay farmers no less than 50 per…
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New KCC to pay farmers Sh8 more per litre of milk delivered
The government through the ministry of agriculture has ordered the New KCC to pay dairy…
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Good news as China cuts export duty levied on Kenya’s avocado from 30 to 7 per cent
Kenyan avocado traders exporting the fruit to China are set to enjoy export duty levy…
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Government to establish livestock Embryo Transfer facility to boost breeds
The national government is set to establish a livestock Embryo Transfer (ET) facility courtesy of…
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Nairobi’s Karen farmer bets on unpopular snail farming for cash
Snail farming is not yet very popular in Kenya, but it has been there in…
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Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University paying Sh5,000 per kilogram of crickets
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University (JOUUST) through Africa Center of Excellence in Sustainable use of Insects…
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Sweet potato vines and roots silage offers livestock more proteins
Livestock farmers can boost the Napier grass protein content by including sweet potato vines as…
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Homa Bay farmer increases earnings twofold with double dug irrigation system
Charles Oloo, a vegetable farmer in Homa Bay County earns Sh7500 a week up from…
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New board to enable Kenyan farmers market their livestock products globally
A new livestock Bill has proposed the formation of a marketing board through which farmers…
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Ready market available for gadam sorghum variety growers
Gadam sorghum variety farmers in Kenya stand high chances of benefiting from the ready market…
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JKUAT researchers discover edible grasshopper that can help farmers grow income
Researchers at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) in their latest findings have…
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Mango and French beans exporter buying the produce from out-growers
A Nairobi-based fresh produce exporter is seeking to grow farmers’ income this high season of…
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New study: Kenyan avocado farmers can increase income by 39 per cent exporting to EU
Kenyan avocado farmers can boost their income by up to 39 per cent by exporting…
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The introduction of the Kenya Food and Drugs Authority Bill has shown why we need impact assessments for all legislation
Our parliamentarians are sometimes required to rule on some challenging proposals, with the private members’…
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Baringo farmers eye export market with 1.2 tonnes capacity coffee milling plant
Coffee farmers in Baringo County could soon forget market challenges following the establishment of a…
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Seeds of hope transforming lives in northern Uganda
Dorine Akoth, a demo plot farmer in northern Uganda, admires the maize on her farm….
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