Facts on spring onion farming
Spring onions also called Scallions or Green and Bunching Onions are very easy to grow…
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Malindi best market for farmers’ agro produce
Carrots ready for sale Malindi, the largest urban center in Kilifi County has surpassed Mombasa…
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High demand for avocadoes, honey and aloe vera in Kenyan industries
The vibrant cosmetics industry is giving Kenyan farmers a new market for avocadoes as companies…
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Choosing the right variety of potatoes scales up farmer’s income
In an effort to help farmers improve their potato yields, Agricultural Training Centre in Oljoro…
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Sahiwal breed earns Meru farmer more profit
In 2015, the Meru County government introduced an initiative that would improve local beef cattle…
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Kiambu farmer making a kill with ornamental birds
Lucy Ngugi, a poultry farmer in Kiambu is rearing bantams, a variety of ornamental birds,…
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Silage making method for smallholder farmers
As the dry season looms between January and April, farmers need to plan early to…
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Uasin Gishu farmers counting losses due to heavy rains
Smallholder farmers in Kenya’s bread basket of Uasin Gishu are counting losses as the heavy…
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Collective bargaining helps farmers’ cooperative earn 2bn from potato farming
Tired of unscrupulous middlemen who buy their potato at a low price and selling at…
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Tomato farming creates a 4.3M job for Laikipia youth
A section of Livingstone’s farm in Laikipia. He has three seasons of planting and harvesting in…
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Poultry keeping transforms lives of chang’aa brewers in Uasin Gishu
The ‘Inua Mama na Kuku Initiative’ which was introduced by Uasin Gishu County government three…
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Macadamia farming, saving Nyeri residents from alcoholism
Embracing macadamia farming by most small scale farmers in Nyeri who previously could hardly manage…
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Free Avocado seedlings for Kirinyaga farmers
Kirinyaga farmers have been urged to embrace avocado production in the spirit of diversification and…
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SMS farmer narrates his success story with WeFarm
Taita Towett is a farmer with a difference, he is not one of the typical…
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Keeping high number of chicken cuts farmer’s production cost
Mr. Henry Njuguna inspects his poultry farm in Naivasha. Before he had between 150-200 chicken which…
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Free farmers’ training set for 29th November in Kabete
Livestock farmers within Nairobi and its environs are set to benefit from a free farmers…
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Promising Sweet Potato varieties in North Rift Valley
Farmers in North Rift Valley have been advised to grow other food crops such as…
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SF2 solar pump increases water pumping fourfold
Futurepump Ltd, the manufacturer of solar irrigation products for small scale farmers has launched SF2 solar…
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Heads of state push for new national accountability in driving African agriculture
By Boaz Keizire As world heads of state met at the United Nations General Assembly…
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Agricultural transformation strategy to rescue idle land
Kenya is set to benefit from an initiative that will scale up agriculture as a…
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Best wheat varieties for the dry areas of Kenya
Wheat Varieties Duma and Ngamia have been developed by the Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research…
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Dry land crops to curb hunger and malnutrition developed
Sorghum seeds. Photo: Oyugi Zablon Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) researchers are coming…
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Production of Kales (Sukuma wiki) and Onions Using Bucket Drip Irrigation
Farmers can grow a variety of vegetables for their family and for sale using the…
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Grafting watermelon provide protection against soil-borne diseases increasing yields
Most farmers are beginning to understand that grafting crops especially at the rootstock brings extra…
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