North Eastern livestock market doubles households’ incomes
A livestock market in Northern Kenya is assisting residents dictate market prices and shielding them…
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FarmBiz Africa
Agriculture and agribusiness publication covering farming methods, markets, livestock, crops, innovation and farmer opportunities.
100 acre dairy farm milks income in dry land
The humid and rocky Ole’ Sirkon area within Kajiado county can be considered a hardship…
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Sugarcane farmers use beetles to tame pest
Sugar cane farmers in Uganda are using specially bred beetles to tame the voracious white-scale…
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Tax regime puts brakes on rising sorghum sector
Emerging market threats like the recent introduction of a 50 percent excise duty on key…
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Soil book captures Africa’s projects to tame infertility
A publication that details the the numerous soil fertility challenges facing smallholder farmers has been…
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Communal grazing model tames land conflict
A group of pastoralists in Rift Valley are using scarce land for grazing, cultivation and…
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Eucalyptus tree becomes farmers’ silver bullet against climate change
As climate change takes a toll on yields across the country, scientists are encouraging farmers…
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Scientists breed nutritionally rich yam bean
Farmers in Uganda are poised to benefit from a nutritionally superior yam bean with the…
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Farmers stem food waste with low cost drying technologies
A growing demand for dried foods especially by a rising local market and exports has…
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New water harvesting project showers Marsabit farms
A high return project in Marsabit that stalled due to water shortages has inspired farmers…
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Organisation connects pastoralists to cash on delivery markets
Kenya’s disorganized livestock industry with its subsistence approach, poor quality standards and unfair trade practices…
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Virtual warehouse allows farmers timely access to inputs
A virtual warehouse is assisting agro input companies conveniently reach farmers saving them cost and…
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Milk container spares farmers milk spillage woes
A unique plastic container that prevents milk spillage due to its designs while easily spotting…
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Backyard fish farms increase household incomes
Maurice Okoth, has been a fisherman in Lake Victoria for the last three decades. But…
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New maize variety triples yields,withstands harsh weather
Smallholder farmers over reliance on seed varieties from as early as 1930’s has been blamed…
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Farm loan pegs interest on soil conservation
A lending institution is giving farmers affordable loans and pegging the interest on the quality…
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Private companies package fertilizers to tame deficit
As Kenyan yields become depressed due to poor soils that are nutritionally deprieved, Kenyan private…
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East Africa’s dilemma in feeding billions as climate change crisis looms
Agriculture is increasingly finding itself at the mercy of climate change. Too much rain, too…
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Farmers beat high seed prices with mini packs
After being a maize farmer for three decades, former high school teacher Athanus Kioko noticed…
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Value addition efforts inspire farming for export
Passion fruit farmers in Rift Valley have been earning a quarter from the sale of…
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Sunflower boosts milk yields and income amid feed shortage
An incessant milk shortage in the country occasioned by lack of animal feeds has put…
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Dairy loan insures cows, increases income
A new dairy credit financing model is giving anyone interested in dairy farming easier ways…
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Scientists use wild tomatoes to breed superior varieties
Scientists have identified and published the genetic traits of African rice and wild tomatoes which…
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Hotels demand for tomatoes more than triple young farmers’ incomes
A decision by a group of young men to dump their small businesses that used…
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