Rwanda steps up to meet Kenya’s racing button mushroom demand
Rwanda has stepped into the Kenyan mushroom market to plug the 17-ton monthly button mushroom…
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Agriculture
Latest agriculture stories from across Kenya.
Inside Hon. Sumra’s superior genetics goat farm in Kajiado
A walk into Hon. Sumra’s farm in Kajiado and the first thing one will notice is the extremely calm and clean environment where he has kept goats. The setup is comprised of neatly organized structures to ensure his business thrives. Over…
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KALRO shops to launch novel white sorghum ending bird attacks
KALRO will launch bird-repellant white sorghum in its shops within six months saving farmers 80…
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Sugarcane farmers get quick cash from canola intercropping
Cash-squeezed sugarcane farmers are getting an extra harvest and quick money by intercropping fast-maturing canola…
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Farmers turn sand into soil with low-cost spin on global technologies
Kenyan farmers are turning breakthrough global technologies into low-cost hacks to hold back the desert,…
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CABI leads fight against dangerous papaya mealybug in Kenyan farms
CABI continues to be quite advanced in safeguarding livelihoods and food security from the papaya mealybug, with the latest activities concentrating on five additional major papaya-growing counties in Kenya. In what might be a milestone in…
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Roundup of agriculture jobs in Kenya- 8th July, 2024
1 Position: Mangrove Forest Office Employer: Nature Conservancy Location: Mombasa Qualifications Desired Qualifications Responsibilities Interested…
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Tree smoking gives mango farmers access to early markets, better prices
Mango farmers are smoking their trees to accelerate their harvests by 20 days and get…
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Tangible Impact of European Investment Bank Support to SMEs- in Kenya
When you visit Nancy Nyambura’s dairy business in Eastlands, in Nairobi, it would not be easy to tell how far she has come. The business is a beehive of activities with customers coming in and out, and orders and supplies going out. “I am…
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Joe Irungu: How I produce Sh. 1,000 flour from superior pumpkin variety
For over 10 years, Joe Irungu has been farming pumpkins in Murang’a, a venture that has made him quite prosperous. He turned to pumpkins after struggling with herbal medicine. He initially tried growing maize, tomatoes, and vegetables but…
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Marketing wizard triples goat sales on WhatsApp, YouTube.
For Kenya’s 4.5 million agriculture businesses, marketing is often the difference between wealth and poverty….
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Revitalising Africa’s soils and landscapes is key for enhancing our food security and climate resilience
This year’s environment day theme of accelerating land restoration aligns perfectly with Africa’s need to revitalize its soils, a critical yet often overlooked solution to Africa’s ongoing challenges of agricultural productivity. Healthy…
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Pastoralists strike rich by growing cattle fodder
Digging half-moons, Maasai pastoralists have reclaimed unproductive land to grow fodder increasing their herd sizes,…
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Hello Tractor new price model enables farmers to hire tools at 1⁄10 cost
Hello Tractor has launched a new price model enabling farmers to hire agricultural tools at…
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Rainforest Alliance introduces tool to help coffee farmers avoid being locked out of EU market
The leading coffee certification body, the Rainforest Alliance, is introducing a new tool to enable…
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564,000kgs of donated fertilizer left Russia for Kenya but ‘never’ arrived!
564,000 kilograms of fertilizer that was donated by Russia never arrived in Kenya. The fertilizer left Russia but somewhere along its journey, it disappeared in the high seas. The missing donated fertilizer was part of a consignment of…
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Meru coffee farmer doubles yield with low-cost soil test
A Meru coffee farmer has doubled his yield by taking a low-cost soil test. The…
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Roundup of agriculture Jobs in Kenya– 28th June, 2024
1. Position: Consultant (Aquaculture Characterization in Kenya) Employer: WorldFish Location: Nairobi About the position: WorldFish…
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Maize farmers destroy Fall Armyworm at 80% less cost thanks to killer wasp
Maize farmers are using wasps to eradicate Fall Armyworms at one-fifth of the cost they…
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Data-Driven Revolution: How African Policymakers Can Transform Agriculture
The policy and legislative environment is a key driver of agricultural transformation. Policy and regulatory regimes “define the rules of the game”. They regulate the roles and behaviour of players in the sector, determine resource…
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Kenyans sink on plummeting agriculture, soaring prices
Kenyans are suffering catastrophic falls in staple food production, seeing food prices rise faster than…
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Janet Mutua: Makueni farmer raking fortune from pixie fruits on a 2-acre farm
Pixie oranges continue to become very popular among Kenyan consumers owing to their higher sugar content than the ordinary large oranges. The fruits are also juicier, and their orange flavor is very sharp. Being a variety of citrus fruits,…
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Strong local agriculture tourism growth drives up coffee farm earnings
The increase in local coffee tourism has driven up the earnings of large coffee farms…
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Rice farmers reclaim thousands in lost incomes through dancing, talking scarecrow
A solar-powered moving scarecrow that detects bird movements is helping rice farmers reclaim thousands in…
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