Plastic ban, relief for Lake Victoria fishermen
Mr. Moris Okulo, an ecologist who works as a guide at Dunga Beach in Kisumu…
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FarmBiz Africa
Agriculture and agribusiness publication covering farming methods, markets, livestock, crops, innovation and farmer opportunities.
Kenyan student makes bag from Banana barks & leaves
Hilda Gacheri with her traditional banana fibre bag One innovative form 3 student at Materi…
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Potato cyst nematode pest can reduce up to 80% potato production in Kenya
Potato cyst nematode (Globodera rostochiensis or G. rostochiensis) which is resistant to pesticides and persist…
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Empowering Smallholder Farmers for Increased Agricultural Productivity
An Avocado farmer holding her produce ready for sale A characteristic feature of Kenya’s smallholder…
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Brachiaria termed better than Napier in push-pull technology
Brachiaria grass is gradually replacing Napier grass because it grows fast with less water producing…
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Champions for Nutrition, Food Security and Agribusiness Named Winners of 2017 Africa Food Prize
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, 6 September 2017 – Two women, working at both ends of the agriculture…
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Varsity students invent technology that manipulates sex of fish
Fish fingerlings. University of Eldoret Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Science students have…
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Multi-million dollar Partnership for Inclusive Agricultural Transformation in Africa launched
Four prominent organizations supporting African agriculture join forces in innovative strategic partnership to increase incomes…
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ICIPE’s biopesticide reduce tick infestation in livestock by 70% to 81%
Real Metarhizium 7. They are selective and they only kill the ticks and do not affect…
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Farmers resort to bench marking to improve on production
Farmers benchmarking at Kaproron Centre of Excellence. Agri-benchmarking allows farmers learn new techniques at their own…
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KEPHIS introduces 52 new disease resistant potato varieties
Irish potatoes in the market The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) in collaboration with…
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Environment-friendly pest control methods
LI-COP Biopesticide. Biopesticides are cheap and do not leave any harmful residue in the soil, water or…
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FACT SHEET: Controlling DiamondBack moth in vegetables
DiamondBack Moth larvae feed on leaves from the underside and leave tiny “windows” Brassica crops,…
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Proper indigenous chicken management increases production
Commercial indigenous chicken farmers for a long time have thought that keeping these type of…
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Bomet farmer earning over half a million shillings monthly from dairy farming
Richard Mibei at his dairy farm in Ndamichonik village, Bomet County. One dairy farmer in…
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KALRO selling high quality Banana Tissue culture seedlings
A farmer displaying a giant Banana developed from Banana tissue culture seedling. (Photo credits: atl…
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Green grams and groundnuts retailing highest across Kenyan markets
Green grams or mung beans and in Kiswahili Ndengu. They are loved for their numerous health…
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KALRO launches online farmer platforms
Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) logo. KALRO is now able to offer Kenyan farmers,…
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Discover hidden treasure in local chicken
Indigenous chickens need enough feed to grow and lay eggs. Indigenous local chicken provide a…
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Farmers growing Sesame (simsim) have a wide range of benefits
Farm of Sesame plants. Sesame is better crop rotation of cotton, maize, groundnut, wheat, and…
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Uasin Gishu Based CBO abandons crop farming for chicken rearing
Berur farmers group has resorted to chicken rearing due multiple crop losses Many smallholder crop…
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Youths encouraged to embrace self-employment by strawberry farming
Strawberry fruits.Strawberry farming has become increasingly popular in the recent past in Kenyan rural and…
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Agricultural centre trains over 1, 800 farmers yearly for free
Field day event at Waruhiu Agriculture Training Centre. Farmers get trained and linked to markets and…
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Experts recommend inter-cropping Nuts and legumes with other crops
Maize inter-cropped with fertilizer trees. There is huge benefits legumes have on soil fertility and ultimately…
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