Temporary bee hives help farmers utilise limited spaces
Farmers with limited pieces of land can keep up to 20 hives within an area…
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Agriculture
Latest agriculture stories from across Kenya.
Progressive feeding after birth maintains milk output
Gradual increment of dairy meal served to the cows soon after parturition keep milk yields…
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Sex trap tame devastating African armyworm
The African armyworm, scientifically known as Spodoptera exempta, is a particularly devastating pest. An early…
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Muranga farmer finds lucrative opportunity in turkey farming
Patrick Mwangi an enterprising farmer from Muranga County is rewriting the rules of agribusiness in…
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Maize shortage & new taxes predicted to drive up feed cost
By George Munene According to animal feed retailers the price of feed is scheduled for…
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Highland arrowroot offer alternative income for Central farmers
A group of farmers in Central Kenya, frustrated by dwindling yields and low returns from…
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Young agripreneur makes big bucks supplying compost to urban growers
By George Munene At just 29 years old Ted Gachanga has built a successful agribusiness—Sprout…
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Smallholder farmers use trees to fertilize soils & extra income
Sallholder farmers in Kenya are embracing planting trees that do not compete with crops for…
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Ready market & higher returns encourage tobacco farmers shift to beans
By George Munene Former tobacco farmers in Migori county are shifting to planting high-iron beans…
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Maize production to stagnate as fertiliser prices rise & farmers find lucrative alternatives —USDA report
By George Munene According to a report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)…
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Mwea company turns rice waste to 3X cheaper high yield organic fertiliser
By George Munene Based in Mwea, Safi Organics turns rice husks into organic fertiliser that…
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Kakuzi given green light to export avocado to China
By George Munene Kakuzi PLC has secured a permit from the Kenya Health Inspectorate Service…
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Nyamira women get indigenous vegetable market through UN program
By George .P. Munene The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) project…
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Kenya leads charge in emergent million-dollar insect farming business
By George. P. Munene Headed by the International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE),…
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1,000 coffee farmers earn 50% more from direct sales to Korea
By George Munene About 1,000 coffee farmers from the Kipkelion Coffee Co-operative Society are set…
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Fertiliser Crisis: Organic gold manure that doubles farmer yields
By George Munene With sky-high fertiliser prices, Farmbizafrica has undertaken to highlight alternative sources farmers…
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Standard Chartered launches incubator program for women in agritech
By George Munene Standard Chartered Bank Limited has launched the Women in Technology Cohort 5…
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KCB invests Sh5M to finance small-scale farmers
By George Munene Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) has announced a plan to invest Sh5M into…
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Fertiliser Crisis: Making compost manure as alternative to store-bought fertilisers
By George Munene With the price of a 50Kg bag of fertiliser set to more…
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John Deere competition gifts tractor to Kenyan youth in agriculture
By George Munene US agriculture equipment maker John Deere and AGRA (Alliance for a Green…
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to push fertiliser & food prices even higher
By George Munene Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is expected to further push up the price…
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Migori farmer maximises pineapple yield through row planting
Chacha Suguta Matiko has for two years increased his earnings out of his four acre…
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Garlic growing serves as natural repellent to over 10 pests
Farmers who grow garlic can fight over ten pests and diseases linked to destruction of…
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Electronic honey extraction saves time and money
As opposed to manual honey extractors, bee farmers can enjoy harvesting their honey with limited…
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