Kenya increasingly reliant on fish pond farmers as wild catch tumbles
Fish production in Kenya has for long been heavily reliant on wild fish in Lake…
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Agriculture
Latest agriculture stories from across Kenya.
Baringo dairyman earns Sh46,000 more monthly switching to Boma Rhodes grass
Jackson Keitany, a dairy farmer from Kiplombe in Baringo County is now making Sh19,000 profit…
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Steel wire cages produce higher quality parasite free rabbits
Rabbit farmers can now produce a higher quality of meat and fur with a new…
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Fact Sheet: Orgarnic controls for aphids
Farmers can easily control aphids by using some organic practices, such as sprinkling ash, spraying…
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Stimulating reliable maize market through public-private partnerships can benefit smallholder farmers
In Kenya, maize markets are fragmented and volatile, especially for vulnerable smallholder farmers. Many farmers…
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Hello tractor app connects smallholder farmers to tractors
Smallholder farmers in Kenya and Africa at large can plant their crops 40 times faster…
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Government support more important than seeds, weather and soil in Africa’s agriculture progress
Government action is more important than seeds, weather and soil in transforming small, family farms…
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Agriculture mechanization only way to make African farming profitable
Agricultural mechanisation in Africa can raise productivity and make rural employment more attractive, thus ensuring…
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Mixed farming offers former government worker perfect nest egg
Fleciah Wambui Kinyua, a former civil servant at the Ministry of Health who was among…
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Western farmer abandons maize production for more profitable French beans export market
Rachel Njoroge, a farmer in Trans Nzoia, Western Kenya can now afford to access international…
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Trade CS greenlights exports of raw macadamia for 1 year to improve prices
By George Munene Trade and Investment Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has lifted the ban on…
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Kenya’s first observation satellite to help improve agricultural output
By George Munene Kenya’s launch of its first earth observation satellite tomorrow (Wednesday, April 12,…
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Murang’a launches minimum guaranteed prices for milk & mango farmers
By George Munene Murang’a County Government has launched the Guaranteed Minimum Return program (GMR) subsidy…
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SMS system improves access to subsidised fertiliser
By George Munene According to the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Agriculture sector survey of…
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Kenya’s yearly inflation up 9.2% driven by rising food prices
By George Munene According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, the country’s year on…
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Farmer Beware: Why cheap homemade fish feed might be expensive
By George Munene While the cost of fish feeds might be expensive, experts and commercial…
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Baringo farmer finds hope in forgotten resilient vegetable
Julia Chebotibin had been struggling with crop failure due to drought and crop diseases for…
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Village-based cooperative works with farmers to improve their yields & incomes
It is not farming as usual for more than 400 smallholder farmers in Kiambu, Nyandarua…
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Lawyers journey from broker to grower and supplier of cucumber and lettuce
In 2009 Mathew Tejeu registered for a Bachelor’s degree in law at Africa Nazarene University….
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Innovative farmer taps fish pond water for irrigation & nutrient supply
Instead of buying nitrogenous fertilisers for his vegetable garden, Dickson Mosota has eliminated these costs…
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Kenya & Nigeria working to commercialise complete late blight-resistant potato
Front, the 3R potato undamaged and empty rows where conventional potatoes were planted but died…
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Taita Taveta to reclaim 18,000 acres of waterlogged land for farming
Taveta sub-county will reclaim and rehabilitate 18,000 acres of waterlogged land for both large and medium-scale…
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Kakuzi announces free avocado maturity testing for smallholder farmers
Kakuzi Plc is set to provide free maturity testing services for local smallholder avocado farmers…
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GOK gives Kericho farmers 50% organic fertiliser shown to double yield
By George Munene The Ministry of Agriculture has identified Kericho County as the first location…
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