Tech tames aflatoxins for shillings
An application that can detect the cancer causing toxins, aflatoxins, and with accuracy levels as…
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FarmBiz Africa
Agriculture and agribusiness publication covering farming methods, markets, livestock, crops, innovation and farmer opportunities.
Enterprising farmer boosts region’s yields with crop rotation
One woman’s effort to feed her family through crop rotation and a home made green…
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Pastoralists count on radio to adapt to changing weather
A radio station in North Eastern Kenya is helping scientists understand weather projection better giving…
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AGRA scales food security resolve with new programme
Kenyan smallholder farmers long buffeted by failed rains, dwindling arable land, access to credit facilities…
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Highland arrowroots return dignity to Central Kenya’s soil
A group of farmers in Central Kenya, frustrated by dwindling yields and low returns from…
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Global horticultural bonanza lifts Kenya’s earnings
An annual global horticultural bonanza has assisted fresh produce exporters and farmers diversify markets while…
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Uganda horticultural exports survive EU ban
Ugandan horticulture industry has narrowly escaped a ban on its exports to European Union which…
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Company tames flower loss by shortening supply chain
Flower customers loose upto $100million due to poor temperature control along supply chains, with Kenyan…
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Tomato turns Western students into entrepreneurs
Students at Chisare Secondary School of Western Kenya are earning their school income from the…
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Goats help farmers fight climate change
Farmers in Nyando, Western Kenya are shifting from maize farming and ordinary livestock keeping to…
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Rice farmers intercrop to insulate themselves from weather changes
As weather patterns become unpredictable farmers at the Ahero Irrigation Scheme, one of the key…
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Failed rains spark Kenya’s water wars
Deaths from water related conflicts in Kenya have risen from 200 yearly in 2009 to…
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Daadab refugees find reprieve in pawpaw, bean cultivation
Refugee students at Daadab are stemming food shortage in the area through pawpaw, spinach and…
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Arid land farmers invest in timely planting to fight climate change
Farmers in semi arid areas, knocked by weather patterns are learning new techniques to beat…
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Quality seeds herald sorghum boom in Western Kenya
In Khaoya area of Western Kenya, the sound of women singing and cheerfully chatting from…
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Ugandan favourable packaging policy entices Kenya carrot farmers
A favourable packaging policy in Uganda is enticing Kenyan carrot farmers who have long been…
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Dairy farmers milk millions with cooperative
An association of 35 dairy farmers producing 32 litres a day in the 1990s has…
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Smartphone boom inspires life saving livestock apps
Food and Agriculture Organization FAO of the United Nations says that the mobile phone applications…
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KARI invests in women to boost livestock farming
Women account for over 65 percent of all workforce in the country yet they never…
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KARI scientists embrace tech to boost research
Over 400 scientists from the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute can now publish their journals and…
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Meteoric demand for fish drives aquaculture farming
A growing Kenyan population, expected to hit 55 million by 2020, will create demand for…
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Green revolution feeds continent, tames climate change
Major steps in high-yield agriculture achieved during the so-called Green Revolution have not only helped…
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Scientists use birds to understand weather changes
A project by the Drought Monitoring Centre is now embracing traditional weather indicators like bird…
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Superior kale varieties boost harvests, fight diseases
Sukuma wiki farmers in various areas of the country are recording a harvest boom thanks…
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