Farmers award fetes Kenya’s agricultural finest
Winners from seven different award categories were awarded in this year’s Elgon Kenya Ministry of…
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FarmBiz Africa
Agriculture and agribusiness publication covering farming methods, markets, livestock, crops, innovation and farmer opportunities.
Tomatoes and capsicum lift youths’ fortunes
Kenyan youth are minting quick money with tomatoes and capsicum which have become the latest…
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Farmers correct climate change mess organic farming
Desire to protect the environment which is already scarred by destructive human activities like wanton…
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Companies step up war on horticultural pests with new innovation
A growing Kenyan middle class keen on their health and with an affinity for spending…
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Market for organic produce
A meteoric rise in demand for fresh produce grown organically by a health conscious middle…
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Kenya bets on high value sorghum to boost yields
Kenya plans to introduce an improved variety of sorghum in 2016 that has a 20…
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Low cost pest arsenals rescue Kenya flowers
Kenya flower farmers are increasingly feeling the heat of exports markets rejecting their flowers with…
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The class four dropout who found money and fame in soil
Ronald Nyagaka is a class four dropout who earns a minimum of Sh30, 000 a…
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Former civil servant turns farm into award winning food basket
Rows of towering green maize stand next to banana plants sprouting from the earth like…
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Organic food certification standards Uganda
Despite the increasing demand for organic foods globally, Ugandan farmers are yet to reap from…
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Coffee finds its mojo in modern pest control arsenals
Kenya’s coffee, famously christened green gold, has undergone an interesting metamorphosis but weathered odds to…
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The rosy tale of Mugo Flower Farm
As coffee and tea disappoints farmers due to cut throat competition in the world market…
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Online agribusiness directory brings markets closer to Ugandan farmers
An app that points Ugandan farmers to agricultural services and players, from farm to folk,…
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Kenya’s ‘hidden hunger’ situation chronic, study
Kenya is doing little to reduce hunger emerging among the top 50 countries where hidden…
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Uganda mulls fingerprint tracking to tackle fake seeds
Tony Kaganda is a maize farmer from Jinja Uganda. Over the years, the youthful farmer…
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How Aspirin reduces pest attacks in crops
Spraying or watering crops with the painkiller Aspirin increases their immune system while triggering their…
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Maize shelling takes toll on farmers’ earnings
Farmers in breadbasket areas of Kenya are spending upto 15 percent of their earnings shelling…
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Black plastic film tames water evaporation in arid farms
Farmers in arid areas have perfected the art of water harvesting to insulate their crops…
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Farmers bear brunt of accessing markets solo
Kenya farmers’ preference to sell their grains on their own is hurting them with majority…
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Kenya looses on Bt cotton fortunes as peers rake millions
As the world embraces Bt cotton for its superior traits in fighting the voracious Bollworm…
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SMEs turn to agriculture to grow profits
High yielding crops that weather dry spells, a blossoming export market and a huge appetite…
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Dairy farmers milk fortunes with new finance model
A new dairy credit financing model is giving anyone interested in dairy farming easier ways…
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International markets open up to Kenya’s cosmetic leaves
Kenyan farmers engaged in the farming of the little known tea tree also referred to…
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Childhood curiosity births soil testing lab
A childhood curiosity about the differences in yields between young Fredrick Muthuri parent’s farm and…
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