Farmer reports prices twice as high besides highways than through middlemen
Traders selling onions and tomatoes along Nairobi-Mombasa highway. Traders adopting road side markets to sell…
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FarmBiz Africa
Agriculture and agribusiness publication covering farming methods, markets, livestock, crops, innovation and farmer opportunities.
Ways to maintain farm records
Geoffrey Rono in his tomato greenhouse near Mara River, Narok. He has adopted bookkeeping in…
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Narok farmer earns Sh8,000 a week from traditional vegetables
A Narok farmer is earning Sh8,000 a week in profit by growing and selling traditional…
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Combining manure and fertilizer doubles crop yields
Maize and bean farmers can increase their yields two-fold (200 per cent) by applying both…
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Strathmore University launches business farming training programme
Strathmore University, School of Business in partnership with AGCO Corporation, a global leader in the…
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Kisumu poultry farmers to benefit from Sh100m government support
Over 1,200 farmers from seven constituencies of Kisumu County are set to benefit from a…
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Farmers earn Sh1000 more a year from rainbow rooster eggs
Prospective chicken farmers can now rear rainbow rooster, an improved kienyeji chicken that can be…
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Kuresoi farmer saves Sh6000 monthly by selling milk to a cooperative
Sophia Ngatia, dairy farmer from Kuresoi is saving more than Sh200 boda boda transport cost…
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Western Kenya to receive rains for the next four days, says Weatherman
Farmers in counties in the Lake Basin region and highlands west, central and south of…
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Maize farming earns farmer double benefits
Nandi farmer Cyrus Kitur is reaping double benefits from his two acre maize farm by…
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Farmers can earn 25 per cent harvest more using P-Mazao fertiliser
Maize farmers in the country can earn more than 25 per cent harvest increase…
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NGO inspires value addition of produce for rural farmers
Rural farmers can increase the value of their crops ten-fold by using a new technology…
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Farm Company launches mini tractor for smallholder farmers
Multipurpose handpushed walking tractor/PHOTO/FILE G.North and Son Limited, a company with more than 50 years’…
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Honey farm earns Sh700 more per kilogram by value addition
Branded Nyaru farm honey raedy for market. Processing and parckging honey earns the farm more…
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Water harvesting increases Mwingi farmer’s livestock herd
Goats quenching their thirst at a water pan in Charles Kalili’s farm/PHOTO/COURTESY. Mwingi…
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New technology helps farmer produce potato seeds in three weeks
Sprouting potato seeds. The seeds can also be produced through cutting by rooted apical cutting technology….
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Dairy farmers to earn over Sh4.5bn from KCC plant upgrade programme
Milk farmers delivering their milk at a collection centre. New KCC is upgrading its processing…
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Farmer grows short-term crops to earn big in just 67 days
A thousand headed kales variety. The veriety produces about eight tonnes which is equivalent to…
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Agricultural Center to provide free two day training for Murang’a farmers
More than 6,000 Murang’a farmers are set to benefit from a free two day training…
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Expect minimal rains this year, says Weatherman
The long rains will start in the fourth week of March and farmers in the…
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Seed Company develops drought and disease resistant maize varieties
A farmer carrying parkets of seeds. Farmers should be careful of to procure their seeds…
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Nyamira youth earning Sh1.25m a year from mixed farming
Janet Chebet receiving Best Youth Farmer award from president Uhuru Kenyatta during Nairobi International Trade Fair…
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Oserian’s vuvuzela flower variety gains popularity in Kenya
Daniel Ndambuki famously known as Churchill pose for a photo with Oserian flower farm workers…
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Seed Co introduces new maize variety tolerant to lethal necrosis disease
Seed Co, a company that develops and markets certified crop seeds, mainly hybrid maize seed…
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