Farmers replenish soils, produce own oils with Moringa project
A project that is using Moringa oleifera commonly referred to as miracle tree to replenish…
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FarmBiz Africa
Agriculture and agribusiness publication covering farming methods, markets, livestock, crops, innovation and farmer opportunities.
New crop protection chemical tames voracious flower pests
Kenya flowers are headed for good times with the introduction of a new crop protection…
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Profit and loss sharing credit model entices youth to farming
Farm Capital Africa, an investment platform for sustainable agribusiness activities, is redesigning lending culture in…
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Pastoralists dump cows for gum tree as demand soars
The soaring demand for a naturally occurring component from the barks of the Acacia tree,…
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Crop rotation becomes Bungoma farmer’s silver bullet
A radio program has been the spark that has changed the fortunes of a Western…
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Mathare families fly with rooftop farming
Behind overlapping shanties and overcrowded streets is a novel roof gardening project in the Mathare…
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Scientists target silkworms to contain Malaria
Scientists at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology are using the small factories…
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Enterprising youth hatches fortunes with chicken sourcing business
When Denis Musungu 26, quit his job as a hotel manager at one of the…
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Fertilizer loan to fastrack smallholder farmers’ crop production
Western and Nyanza smallholder farmers are counting on a low cost agricultural input loan to…
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Mobile tool connects farmers to timely market information
Ugandan smallholder farmers are benefiting from an ambitious innovative ICT mobile phone initiative that offers…
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Molasses milk booster feed offers dairy farmers cheap alternative
Dairy farmers in Uganda are set to benefit from an improved milk booster feed that…
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Fund targets climate mitigation innovators
In a bid to curb the vagaries of weather in East Africa Resilient Africa Network…
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Farmer extracts millions from bee venom
Adolph is not your ordinary bee farmer. While most of the farmers keep bees for…
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Academy points farmers to ripe markets
An organization is helping agribusiness entrepreneurs in Uganda and neighbouring countries perfect farming and access…
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Baobab among first orphaned crops to undergo genetic mapping
Baobab, popularly known as the iconic tree of Africa will be the first of the…
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Tobacco to bamboo project heralds low cost housing
A project aimed at encouraging farmers to move from the volative tobacco farming and embrace…
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How an idea bloomed into a flower enterprise
Behind the Sh10,000 monthly profit each member of a self help group in Nyeri county…
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Pact gives Kenyan flower exporters easy US access
A bilateral agreement between Kenya and United States of America to have certain Kenyan goods…
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Fighting aflatoxins an orphan at a time
Behind rows of worn out desks, a feeble table, old tins and a group of…
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Farmers speed sweet potato planting with multiplication system
Sweetpotato farmers in Kabondo area located in Homa Bay County and who produce over 60…
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Farmer field schools assist farmers modernize tea production
A school without wall programme is training tea farmers how to cushion themselves from weather…
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Farmers count more yields without fertilizers
A farming method that doesn’t require fertilizer, uses a fraction of water and increases yields…
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Campaign transforms war zones into kitchen gardens
An agricultural organization is rewriting the farming script in the former war ravaged Northern Uganda…
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Export requirements for horticultural produce
As more farmers delve into modern farming, their produce is attracting huge demand locally and…
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