New biological solution stops fruit flies attack on mangoes
Mango farmers in Kenya who have been incurring 30 to 80 per cent fruit yield…
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New app to help western Kenyan farmers diagnose plant diseases using satellite data
A screenshot of plant diagnosis results with PlantVillage app. Photo courtesy. Researchers from Penn State…
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Siaya group excel in collective marketing of traditional vegetables
Traditional vegetable farmers in Siaya have tripled income from Sh15 to Sh48 per kilogram after…
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New quality based payment regulations to strengthen dairy sector in Kenya and improve farmers’ income
Fresh regulations by the Ministry of Agriculture to pay dairy farmers based on quality of…
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European Union market opens up for Kenyan sweet potato farmers
Kenyan sweet potato farmers can now export their produce to the European Union market following…
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Organisation launches online seed informational tool to enable farmers access critical data in one click
A capture of the ICRISAT digital seed roadmap. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics…
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How to control deadly goat disease
Farmers can control the deadly mange disease in goats by using a new treatment method…
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Former fine art expert finds steady income in raising seedlings
James Ndung’u holding grafted avocado and tree tomato seedlings at his farm in Nyeri County….
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Researchers develop new drought tolerant finger millet varieties resistant to blast disease and striga weed
Farmers will soon benefit from drought and disease tolerant millet varieties after they were developed…
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A social enterprise develops solar cooling facility to save fresh produce from undue spoilage
FreshBox enterprise cool storage fcility. The enterprise is on a mission to about 53 per…
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Blossoming Kenyan flower sector produces one of the best cut flower grower globally
Oserian Development Company Limited staff during the International Grower of the Year Awards ceremony in…
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Good news for coffee farmers as prices jump 24 per cent on delivery of quality beans
Kenyan coffee farmers are set to earn 24 per cent more income after the average…
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Sugar farmers attack draft industry regulations as anti-constitutional and illegal on multiple counts
SUCAM, the sugar campaign for change advocacy group, today laid out multiple legal breaches within…
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Rising demand for herbs and spices in local and international markets ignites the farming in Kenya
Packed chia seeds, a product of Helitech, a community based organisation in Lari Sub-County, Kiambu County….
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Census to help Kenyan crop growing farmers access subsidized fertiliser and markets
The government through the department of planning has announced plans to conduct the first ever…
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Sugar cane farmers callout new zoning law that restricts market access
SUCAM, the sugar campaign for change advocacy group, today declared that the sugar zoning proposed…
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Mango processor buying produce from all-comers
Sweetunda, an agro-processing company is sourcing for mangoes from all-comers with a vision to create…
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COMESA plans to tame fake seeds in member states countries with common logo
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) last year launched plans which will see…
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High yielding Burundian arrowroot variety tubers available in Kenya
James Njeru holding an arrowroot tuber. He sourced the parent plants from Burundi and has…
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Dudutech cutting edge pest controls now available in Tanzania
Growers in Tanzania can now benefit from a range of Dudutech’s biological pest control products….
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Homemade dairy feeds cuts milk production costs by a third
Apollo Kariuki showcases his own made animal feeds. Farmbiz Africa Farmers can cut milk production…
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Government to promote green grams farming in Makueni to ensure farmers maximum profit
Makueni green gram farmers are set to benefit from the national government initiative launched last…
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Government launches project to eradicate water hyacinth in Lake Victoria to benefit fish farmers
The Kenyan government has launched plans to eradicate the water hyacinth menace in Lake Victoria,…
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Kitui County to offer free artificial insemination to over 100,000 farmers to improve production
Kitui Governor H.E. Charity Ngilu admiring a dairy cow at a past agricultural event. Over…
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