Nut farmers crack profits as local demand soars
Kenyan nut farmers are a happy lot. The growing demand for the precious nuts in…
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Environmental pollution reduces Kenyans life expectancy
Plastic makes up a quarter of 60,000 tonnes of waste produced annually in Kenya according…
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Flower farmers lose millions to sap sucking insect
A minute, less than a sixteenth of an inch long, black slender insect that resembles…
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Farmers tame post harvest losses with homemade innovations
Fiona Mukami, a widow and mother of three in Mwea area of Kirinyaga County systematically…
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Kenya launches aflatoxin lab to tame spread
The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (Karlo) has launched the country’s first ever aflatoxin…
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Nestle rekindles coffee’s glory with hybrid variety
An initiative by Nestle Kenya to supply Central Kenya farmers with seedlings of a higher…
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Health conscious Kenyans drive cultivation of neglected thorny fruit
A thorny and spiky fruit vilified by most Kenyans for its strange look and taste…
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Prison warder cross breeds tomato with Sodom Apple
A prison warder in Kiambu county has grafted the much vilified Sodom apple with tomatoes…
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Soil erosion wipes nutrients and incomes
Hilly terrain and heavy rains especially during the long rains have been every farmers’ nightmare…
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Watermelons flourish in the middle of barren farms
Between large swathes of maize plantations in the weather beaten Rarieda terrain stands a one…
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Trap crops keep pests at bay
Farmers who have struggled to tame pests are recording increased yields and reduced pest infestation…
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Engineer builds horticulture empire in city
Numerous frustrating visits to groceries and supermarkets without finding fresh produce inspired Marianne Kinuthia, a…
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Vanguard women farmers find money in trash
A group of six enterprising women have turned a heap of garbage in Nakuru to…
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Diminishing arable land paves way for rabbit farming
Diminishing land size and highly unpredictable weather conditions have birthed the fanatical uptake and commercialization…
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Dairy farmers conserve environment with biogas digesters
Over 6000 farmers who supply milk to New Kenya Creameries Corporation (KCC) are set to…
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Kenya looses on leather fortunes as Ethiopia rakes billions
Low technology, poor marketing strategies and low quality of hides and skins as a result…
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Farmers tackle climate change with smart villages
A new model that assists members of a particular community to collectively adapt to changing…
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Western Kenya to lead Kenya’s palm oil revolution
Western Kenya is poised to be Kenya’s source of palm oil which could spare the…
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Bitter times for fruit farmers as new disease strikes
A passion fruit disease that wipes the entire crop in days and which has baffled…
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Scientists pitch for herbal medicine to cure livestock diseases
Proponents of herbal medicine also known as alternative medicine are rooting for adoption of herbal…
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Low cost carbon charcoal takes pressure off Kenya forests
A group of youth from 13 counties in Kenya keen on creating jobs is taking…
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School rescues pastoralists’ livestock from death
Pastoralists staring at dwindling pasture land for their livestock are going back to school to…
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Resource center embraces tech to transform farming
An information resource center has transformed the lives of hundreds of farmers in the semi…
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Highly Commended CNN Multichoice African Journalism Awards
Farmbizafrica has received the Judges’ high commendation in the Environment award category of the CNN…
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