International agriculture and poultry exhibition to be held in Nairobi
Kenyan farmers have yet another opportunity to get exposed to new brands, products and services…
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Former driver becomes award winning dairy goat farmer
Robert Macharia showing off one of the trophy he won during a Nairobi International Trade…
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Failure by government to pay back tax and avail subsidized fertilizer to hurt flower farms
Investors and farmers are now pleading with the Government to pay back value added tax…
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Student grows off-season vegetables for profit
What started as a farming hobby for Mercy Chemutai Too, a fourth-year agricultural economist student…
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Makueni County launches new dairy plant with a higher milk processing capacity to provide market for farmers
Kathonzweni Milk Processing Plant in Makueni County. Photo coutesy. Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana, on Saturday,…
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Association to link 10,000 Macadamia nut farmers to markets as crop prices triple
The price of macadamia nuts has risen to Sh170 per kilogram up from Sh50 in…
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Law graduate earns Sh4.2m from tomato farming targeting low supply dry season to produce the crop
Riping tomatoes at part of Livingstone Ng’ang’a’s farm in Laikipia County. The farmer produces 360 boxes of…
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Kenya’s fresh produce now ranked third highest foreign exchange earner
Kenya’s earnings from fresh produce exports in 2018 jumped to Sh153.68bn, a 33 per cent increase…
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Good news to farmers and traders as avocado demand increases to 80 per cent in export markets
Avocado farmers and exporters are poised to make good returns as the country is already…
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Kenyan flower sector booms despite fertiliser shortage
Kenyan flower companies have managed to produce and meet the high demand for flowers in…
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International companies launch satellite imagery technology to help cocoa farmers up yields
Five international companies have launched an initiative that employs digital technology by use of satellite…
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Crop experts join efforts to help eradicate troublesome flower pests in Kenya
Experts at International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), the International Centre of Insect Physiology and…
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Farmers: Forget about export, Kenyan local market in need of 1,000mt of garlic yearly
Kenyan local market is currently in need of more farmers or improved production of garlic…
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Women group ventures into silkworm farming for steady and more income
A group of women from western Kenya has ventured into silkworm production to make a…
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Nandi farmer makes over Sh1.5m a season from tomato, tea and cabbage sales
In 2016, Robert Kiprop Choge started raising cabbage, tea seedlings and tomatoes for sale as…
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Government gives 48,000 subsidized chicks to farmers to raise income
Poultry farmers in Kakamega County have received 48,000 improved chicks from the County government in…
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Molo farmer helping colleagues get clean potato seeds amid acute shortage
A farmer from Molo, Nakuru County has ventured into potato seed multiplication to help colleagues…
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Kenya Seed Company is contracting farmers to produce Boma Rhodes seeds
A farmer posting with harvested hay. Kenya Seed Company is buying a kilo of Boma…
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Time your Irish potatoes for maximum profit during high demand
Prospective Irish potato farmers have been advised to time their crops for planting and harvesting…
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KEPHIS launches new high yielding fast maturing coconut variety for Coastal farmers
The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) has launched a new high yielding fast maturing…
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Pineapple farmers to earn 15 times more by exporting produce to Israel
Pineapple farmers can earn up to 15 times more by exporting their produce to Israel…
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Fresh produce exporter looking for growers from Kajiado and Ukambani counties
A fresh produce exporter is seeking to contract French beans, mangoes, passion fruit and avocadoes…
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Fact sheet on heart water disease in cattle, sheep and goats
Heart water is a disease of domestic animals such as cattle, sheep and goats with…
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Scientist finds solution to deadly banana disease through genetic orientation
A principal scientist at Plant Biotechnology at International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Kenya…
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