Latest agriculture stories from across Kenya.
For over 15 years, Emmanuel Mudau a livestock farmer in Limpopo has been the source of knowledge for farmers in the region intending to venture into livestock farming. His farm hosts a herd of 60 cattle, 300 goats, and 500 sheep. The…
Hundreds of previous maize farmers are moving to high-yielding drought-tolerant rice grown in semi-arid areas…
Kenyan farmers with access to agriculture extension services produce 32 per cent more than those…
Delivery of agriculture services is up to 23 per cent lower across counties, making the…
Stevia farming is slowly gaining popularity among farmers in Kenya owing to the surging demand both locally and internationally as consumers shift to other alternatives to sugar. The herb used as a natural sweetener contains zero calories,…
In the Nkandone area, in IgembeNorth, Meru County, sits Mlinzi Ni Mungu Dairy Farm, one of the most frequented dairy farms in the region. The farm,owned by Isaac Nderi is solely for milk production and hosts 30 dairy cows of Ayrshire and…
Largescale maize farmers are shifting to growing maize seeds for Kenya’s seed companies offering increased…
Kenya’s leading meat exporter has seen a 35 per cent decrease in the number of…
Mixing millet into bread can save the country Sh37 billion in imports, reduce bread prices and…
Sugar beets are a Kenyan crop of the future that can be processed into as…
Cutting his rice production by about 10 per cent for the past four years, Francis…
By Fadhili Fredrick A Kwale fisher group is looking to earn Sh720,000 this year by…
A farmer in Malindi has turned five acres of unproductive arid land into a nine-month…
Energy company ENI has informed Farmbiz Africa it will be recruiting over 100,000 farmers in…
Farmbizafrica has researched the earliest maturing, drought-resistant crops, from maize to tomatoes, for Kenyan farmers…
Zainab Kasalu has escaped the poverty of drought crop losses at the coast by farming…
Indigenous pastoral knowledge represents less than three per cent of literature on our environment. Yet,…
1. Position: Programme Nutrition Support Specialist Employer: Food and Agricultural Organization Location: Garissa About the…
Kenyan farmers are buying enough mushroom spawn to meet the country’s accelerating button mushroom demand,…
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…
Dairy farmers can reposition themselves to increase their milk and reduce costs for a decade…
Jute mallow or mrenda which grows as a weed in Kenyan plots is a wonderfood…
In the village of Aroso, Migori County, young Tony Kisasati has managed to turn life’s adversities into opportunities. At his farm, an uncountable number of chickens cluck within the compound. The 28-year-old graduate attended the Kabete…
Farmers in Tigoni have broken out of continuous pesticide use to curb 80 per cent…
