Nyeri farmer earns Sh50, 000 in a week from selling pepino melon seedlings
Nyeri farmer, Wilson Ndung’u, earns approximately Sh50, 000 in a week from the sale of…
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Accountant’s job or pepino melons; melons earn more
Nyeri farmer Wilson Ndung’u is earning Sh120, 000 per month from the sale of pepino…
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Strawberry farmer targets to earn Sh40, 000 per week during this year’s festive season
Strawberry plant with mature fruits. The fruits are very important components in food processing companies….
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Kisumu agriprenuer reaches over 10, 000 farmers with fibre extraction machine
One of the diesel decorticators made by Alex Odundo. He is assembling and selling sisal and…
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Seed shortage creates a lifelong venture for potato farmer
Packed potato seeds. Anne Chepng’eno, a farmer from Molo is growing potato crops for seeds…
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How to spot fake seeds in the market
The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) has launched a new text based service to…
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Why he abandoned maize and wheat for hay production
Boma Rhodes crop. A Narok County farmer is earning more than Sh500, 000 annually from…
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Star farmer: Narok tomato farmer earns Sh3m form his wooden greenhouses
A constructed wooden greenhouse by Greenhouse Kenya company (+254723053026). A Narok County tomato farmer is earning…
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Farmers to start planting new rice variety early next year
The new rice variety to be availed soon will save the country Sh7bn used in…
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ICIPE turns to farmer groups in Western Kenya to spread ‘push-pull’ technology
Sorghum intercropped with desmodium in a push-pull technology which is appropriate and economical to the…
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Nyamira farmers training on fall army worm control set for Dec 19th
Smallholder farmers in Nyamira County are set to benefit from a free farmers training on…
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Solar incubator saves farmer hatching costs
The high cost of the incubators and electricity bills drove Godfrey Ng’ang’a into making solar…
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Kenyan farmers to access import, export information in five minutes on online portal
The Kenya Trade Network Agency in partnership with Trade Mark East Africa has launched a…
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Dairy farmer riding on proper breeding for high and quality production
Artificial Insemination. Selecting the right bull which has desirable qualities to serve his cows so…
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KEPHIS unveils 140 new disease resistant seed varieties
The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) has unveiled 140 new disease resistant and fast…
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Kakamega farmer: I make Sh90,000 per week from my indigenous chicken
A project to promote indigenous chicken in 2011 proved to be a turning point for…
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Sh20, 000 is what a tree of kiwi fruit can earn a farmer per harvest
Kiwi is a climbing plant and needs support until they are properly established, a trellis…
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Value addition improves livelihoods of mango farmers in Kitui
Kitui Enterprise Promotion Company (KEPC), a mango processing firm in Kitui in collaboration with the…
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Five dairy goats have more returns than a dairy cow
A dairy goat feeding from its feeding trough. Rearing five goats for milk which requires…
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Here is how you can utilize waste in your farm to grow mushrooms
Farmers intending to grow mushrooms for sale can use farm waste from their farms to…
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FAO: Millions of people at risk of hunger malnutrition and poverty due to climate change
The recent report by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) last…
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How to grow better bananas in Western Kenya
Smallholder farmers in western Kenya can double the size of their banana bunches from 40…
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Agro Company unveils all-season tomato variety
Tomato farmers and consumers are set to benefit from steady tomato supply to the markets…
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High quality grafted fruit seedlings for Nyanza farmers
Smallholder farmers within Nyanza region can get high quality fast maturing grafted fruit seedlings at…
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