Exporter looking for ginger, garlic, okra, pumpkin for its growing markets
A Nairobi based exporter is urgently looking for fresh and high quality ginger, garlic, okra,…
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Sugarcane farmers to receive payment from 2014 before end of January
The National Sugar Task Force yesterday announced plans to pay Sh2.7bn dues owed to sugarcane…
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Good news to Kenyan consumers as egg prices remain low due to glut in local markets
A crate of eggs is now retailing at Sh300 low from Sh330 for the last…
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Organization helps tea farmers market their produce
Tea farmers can double their income by joining the East African Tea Trade Association, a…
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Nyeri processor increases milk intake prices by seven shillings a liter
Dairy farmers in Nyeri are set increase their income after Mukurweini Dairy Ltd announced the…
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Public and private players intensify efforts to revive cashew nut farming at the coast
Cashew nuts. Production of the crop has declined in the previous years due to neglet…
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Foods company buying cabbages, oranges, pawpaw, carrots, onions, potatoes, pineapples, passion fruits and tomatoes e.t.c. from all-comers
Horticulture farmers can now sell their produce to Twiga Foods, a company that provides a…
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Farmer resorts to green maize, making four times profit as compared to grains
Part of Kennedy Njoroge’s maize farm intercropped with french beans. The farmer is drawing water…
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Health benefits driving the growing amaranth enterprise in Kenya
Workers winnowing amaranth grains. Photo courtesy. An amaranth farmer from Western Kenya is banking on…
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Government to buy two million bags of maize from farmers
Maize farmers can now sell their produce to the National Cereals and Produce Board following…
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NGO urgently looking for farmers to grow chia crop
Chia seeds packed in sacks. There is need for more farmers to grow the crop…
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Rearing own layers enables agriprenuer achieve over 70 per cent egg hatching rate
A chick agriprenuer rearing laying hens is achieving more than 70 per cent hatching rate…
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Young broccoli farmer banks on new South Korea market
Lawrence Njoroge, broccoli farmer from Lari holding harvested broccolis. He has already matured crops but…
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How former tailor grew to become a regional trader in sorghum
Beatrice Nkatha, Demostrates how mechanism has improved Sorghum delivery. A former tailor who found the…
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Varsity student invents bio-gas incubator, looking for funds to commercialise the apparatus
A student from Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) has invented a bio-gas…
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Green banana and broccoli market opens up for Kenyan farmers in South Korea
Kenyan farmers, as well as horticulture exporters dealing in green bananas and broccoli, have a…
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Wefarm launches Champion Farmer award for farmers driving agricultural knowhow countrywide
Nairobi, Kenya December 11, 2018 – Bonfese Wanjala, a maize farmer from Siaya, who was…
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Kenya off-grid solar access project to benefit 1.3m farmers
More than 1.3m farmers are set to benefit from the Kenya off-grid solar access project…
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Farmer group finds solution to smaller quantities of their soya beans produce
A group of farmers from Western Kenya has started processing among others sossi yoghurt, flour…
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Women group earns Sh10,000 in three months from indigenous vegetables flour
A group of enterprising farmers in Kericho County is banking on the growing demand for…
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Entrepreneur earns sweet income from sugarcane value addition
An entrepreneur who quit his job to venture into sugarcane value addition is now earning…
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KALRO launches eight new maize varieties resistant to the lethal necrosis viral disease
A maize breeder and researcher from KARLO view the new maize hybrid that is resistant…
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Scientist training farmers to produce own animal feeds to cut production costs
Kenyan farmers can cut down on the cost of buying feeds for their animals by…
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Farm to construct 10,000MT tilapia hatchery to boost production and food security in Kenya
Farmer at his fish hatchery. Photo courtesy. Kenya’s Victory Farms has announced plans to…
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