How market research helps farm sell its produce at good prices all seasons
A farm at Ndeiya in Kikuyu, Kiambu County has learnt the art of market research…
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Nandi youth encouraged to take up opportunities in agribusiness
Youth in Nandi County have been encouraged to take up opportunities in agribusiness to create…
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Nairobi-based mobile commerce agriculture startup receives $627,000 in seed funding
Tulaa enables smallholder farmers to lay-away and borrow money to purchase the right inputs at…
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Student turns baking hobby into booming business
What began as a hobby for 22 year old Sharon Sang has blossomed to a…
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Youth builds own company that turns coconut husks waste into treasured planting medium
James Kapombe inspecting a machine used to extract coconut husks during installation of the…
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Digital innovations to food and agriculture that offer new services for youth and smallholder farmers in Africa
A good number of youth especially in Africa find it difficult to venture in agriculture…
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High yielding bull breed sires a heifer that can produce up to 57 liters of milk per day
An Eldoret based company Bles Dairies has introduced a new high yielding bull breed with…
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Upcoming sugar factory by KVDA and Indian investors to buy cane from North Rift farmers
North Rift sugarcane farmers are set to benefit from a Sh10bn sugar factory set to…
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Kisumu to build seven digital weather stations to help farmers in crop production
Kisumu County government is set to build seven modern automatic weather stations that are poised…
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Government urged to remove the newly introduced 16 per cent VAT on pesticides
Farmer spraying pesticide to crops. Pests and diseases contribute from 40 to 100 per cent crop…
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Elgeyo Marakwet: How a quarter of an acre compound can give enough produce for food and sale
Prof Malinga (In a red trench) looking on as Deputy Governor of Elgeyo Marakwet Wisley…
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Agriculture ministry urges farmers to make own animal feeds to reduce production costs of milk
Dairy farmers who make their own animal feeds in their farms can reduce the production…
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Government clears the air about claims of contaminated milk in the market
The Ministry of Agriculture has denied claims that there is contaminated milk in the Kenyan…
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Kenya to host international farm tech expo in September
The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) will host an international farm tech expo…
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Farmers to pay more for pesticide as manufacturers move to implement VAT charges
Kenyan farmers are set to pay more for pesticides as manufacturers of the chemical or…
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Kenya Breweries Limited introduces a mobile app to manage sorghum production by contracted farmers
Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) has rolled out a mobile application to accurately track the sorghum…
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Bidco Africa looking for 25,000 farmers to grow sunflower and soya beans
Bidco Africa, a multinational consumer goods company is looking for 25,000 farmers to grow sunflower…
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Researchers set to develop rice variety that will up production in Kenya, Africa
Scientists at African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), an organization that facilitates access and delivery of…
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Liquid Telecom Kenya launches internet network that will automate farming activities in the country
Liquid Telecom Kenya, part of the leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has partnered with…
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Government asks millers to buy all wheat from Kenyan farmers before importing
The Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture has asked millers in the country to buy all wheat…
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Dudutech launches natural biological solution to control fungal diseases
Dudutech Limited has released a biological solution for control of soil borne fungal diseases in…
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Kakamega farmer earns big from pig rearing after abandoning cane and maize farming
Bernard Nyaramba, a Kakamega County farmer is making a profit of Sh14,000 a pig after…
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High yielding drought resistant bean variety that matures in two months is ready for market
Bean farmers in Kenya can now harvest up to 600kg per acre in just two months,…
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Kenyan coffee farmers could gain more income from the US
Coffee cherries. Photo courtesy. Laban Njuguna, a Kenyan entrepreneur based in Grand Island, a city…
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