Super fungicide set for Kenya shelves
Rose flower farmers will soon save up to 35 per cent of their produce after…
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Nakuru County to vaccinate 400,000 animals
Nakuru County government is in a vaccination rush to save more than 400,000 heads of…
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Kenya gets billions for irrigation
Kenya has secured a KSh6.3 billion from the African Development Bank (AFDB), for use in…
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Mango insecticide costs slashed by half
Mango farmers can slash by half expenditure on fruit-fly insecticides and double market demand for…
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Gadget converts any space into cold room
A farmer in New York, Ron Khosla, has invented a solution to Africa’s fruit and…
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Two fungi to end fodder scarcity during drought
Agricultural researchers in Kenya are banking on two fungi to increase animal feed productivity and…
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Demand spikes as bitter melon linked to cancer cure
Kenyan farmers growing bitter melon stand a chance to benefit from better prices in the…
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Groundnut farmers urged to adopt 4x yielding varieties
Groundnut farmers have been asked to grow newly introduced high-yielding varieties to in cash from…
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Plastic mulch drastically reduces production costs
Small-holder farmers can cut costs of irrigation and mechanisation by adopting synthetic mulch. Ministry of…
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New tomato variety resists nematodes
Amiran Kenya has introduced a nematode resistant tomato variety dubbed Shanty Improved F1 in the…
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UK researchers against free solar kits for Kenyans
Researchers hired by the UK government have objected a plan to donate 2 million home…
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High-yielding grafted apples for low rainfall regions
Farmers in low rainfall areas can grow grafted drought tolerant apples for a continuous supply…
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Narok milk plant to start making chocolate bars in September
Narok County dairy farmers would from September this year be selling milk to their first…
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Subukia farmers trashing tomatoes
The closure of the Kabazi Canners factory in Subukia area of Nakuru County left farmers…
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Farmers urged to embrace tissue culture bananas
Despite the introduction of high yielding and disease resistant laboratory raised plantlets, farmers in banana…
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KSh700 insemination for Nyandarua farmers as vets get motorbikes
Nyandarua County government has rolled out a cheap artificial insemination programme targeting to improve the…
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Meru farmer selling mature mango plants in small pots
Urban farming enthusiasts, and especially those living in rented spaces, can dabble in fruit farming…
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Kenyan wheat farmers urge government to increase import tax
Farmers have urged the government to increase the import duty on wheat as a way…
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Strange animal killing livestock in Eldoret
Farmers in Limo area of Kapsoya Location, Eldoret are a worried lot after a strange…
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Muhoroni closes after machines crash
Breakdown of machines at the Muhoroni and Chemelil Sugar Companies could affect the milling of…
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GMO maize promises to triple farmers’ yields
Maize farmers in Kenya could produce 3.7 tonnes of maize per hectare (2.5 acre), almost…
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How much it costs to drill a borehole
Small-scale farmers are perennially frustrated by unreliable rain and drying rivers yet they can get…
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UKaid providing low-interest loans to Kenyan farmers
Farmers from various counties have reported increased income after improving their enterprise using low-interest loans…
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Kenya can export more than 30,000 tonnes of gum
Farmers in drier areas have been asked to grow gum and resin producing trees to…
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