G-Soko and warehouses save farmers over 30 per cent grain loss
Trucks line up to deliver maize to the National Cereals and Produce Board. Online grain…
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FarmBiz Africa
Agriculture and agribusiness publication covering farming methods, markets, livestock, crops, innovation and farmer opportunities.
Online advertiser, OLX, opens retails for farmers
Trans-Nzoia Governor Patrick Khaemba hands over fertiliser to farmers in Cherangany. OLX has partnered with…
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Hermetic bag keeps off grain pests for over two years, averts losses
A farmer using the hermetic bag s to store grains. The bag keeps off storage…
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Humic acid doubles crop harvest
A Kitale farmer measures his hand against a maturing maize. he grew the maize using…
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Low nitrogen and drought tolerant maize gives over 20 bags per acre
Western Seed Company employee Claide Ong’ura in the firm’s maize demonstration plot in Kitale on…
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JKUAT aerial farm saves urbanites kitchen costs
JKUAT student Martin Gechimo poses in front of the movable Capillary Wick System farm during…
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Greenhouse crop rotation quadruples farmer’s yields
Kisii University farm manager Peter Ondieki inspects tomatoes at the institution’s wooden greenhouse demonstration farm at…
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Online marketplace offers farmers and buyers better prices
An onion seller at Nairobi’s Wakulima Market (Markiti). FarmSoko is offering an online one-on-one link…
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Growing drought tolerant maize gives 270kg more per acre
Claide Ong’ura in a maize demonstration farm in Kitale, Trans-Nzoia County. CIMMYT says farmers who…
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Persimmon fruit fetching over Sh700 per kilo for Nyeri farmers
Martin Ndirangu holds persimmon fruits on October 29, 2016 during the Kitale North Rift ASK…
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Plastic-fused slab helps sand soil farmers rear fish
Brian Chirchir shows slab samples of plastic fused soil during the 2016 JKUAT Tech Expo…
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OPINION: Ecological farming is key to food security, climate change
Although ecological farming is not one of the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals, it can play…
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Pigs turn waste into manure
Amiran Kenya Agronomist Wycliffe Obwoge inspects a heap of manure in Nairobi’s Karen Estate On…
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Manual oil extractor to save avocado farmers from losses
KALRO’s Damaris Kagendo holds a bottle with avocado oil as she explains to a farmer…
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JKUAT students find solution to tomato bacteria wilt
Gidraf Mwangi holds a tomato fruit while Clinton Mwangi poses with a bottle of Eco-Wilt…
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Organic fertiliser saves Mwea farmer’s rice from drought
Farmers work in rice fields. One farmer from the county has reported that his rice…
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Solar incubator saves farmers when power outages occur
Enkoho Kuku Farmers officer Silas Juma inspects a 48eggs capcity solar incubator at the Machakos…
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One pumpkin can earn farmers over Sh7,000 in four months
Paul Kabucwa from Opica Farm holds a 37kg pumpkin fruit for display at the North…
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Farmers thresh 110kg of wheat per hour free with KALRO machine
KALRO’s Damaris Kagendo with the manua wheat thresher at Kitale show ground on October 29,…
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Farm selling low rainfall pumpkins
Opica Farm officer Michael Muraya carries a 15kg Opica f1 pumpkin fruit at the North…
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Exporter wants runner beans
Runner beans growing in a farm. A marketer is looking for 12 tonnes of runner…
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Agripreneur sells potted crops for urban rooftop farming
A potted pepino melon plant with fruits. A Nairobi agripreneur is selling potted strawberries and…
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Company flavours tea to boost youth consumption
PHOTO: A farmer enjoys plucking tea. Marketing companies are flavouring tea to increase its acceptability…
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Brewery wants sorghum and millet
PHOTO: Farmers harvesting finger-millet in Western Kenya in an undated photo. EABL is looking for…
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