Kenya’s fish production increases by 10 per cent improving farmers’ income
The total fish output in Kenya increased by 10 per cent from 135,100 tonnes in…
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Health conscious households drive neglected vegetables cultivation
Spider plant. Photo, Zablon Oyugi. Broad-leaved African nightshade (Solanum scabrum) long vilified by many households…
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How to grow and earn millions with passion fruits
Most farmers are embracing high horticultural value crops such as passion fruits and avocados ditching…
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Nandi farmer looking for buyers for his tea seedlings
In 2016, Robert Choge started raising tea seedlings as a side hustle for sale at…
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Urban farmer scaling up his income by organic strawberry farming
William Kibe planting strawberry runners. He grows Chandler variety from which he harvests fruits to…
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Company doubles potato seed multiplication to meet high demand from farmers
Markies potato seed variety. It is best for fresh fry as it has slightly low dry…
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How the newly released 2019 potato regulations will save Nyandarua farmers from unfair trade
Packed potatoes for market. According to the new regulations, the maximum weight per unit package…
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Western and central Kenya farmers to receive support to grow high yielding and disease resistant Batian coffee variety
Nescafe Plan Launch in Bungoma. Photo courtesy. Over 18,000 coffee farmers from Western and Central…
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How poultry side hustle turned tour guide into a countrywide supplier
In December 2012 after working for various companies, Patrick Onwong’a quit his job and turned…
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Company contracting farmers to rear rabbits
Moses Mutua, founder and owner of Rabbit Republic Ltd holding a rabbit at his Kamulu farm….
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Farmer who uprooted Eucalyptus trees for mixed farming does not regret
In 2018, Pr. Evans Nyakwara uprooted all his eucalyptus trees after growing them for 14…
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Farmer turns to herbs to cure potato disease as commercial chemicals seem ineffective and expensive
One Kirinyaga County farmer is turning local herbs into remedy against potato blight disease, which…
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Why getting it right in breeding is a great success in commercial rabbit farming
One of the California white doe rabbit at Felix Maina’s Forest Lane Rabbit Breeders’s farm In…
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Company helps farmers set up multistory garden that can last for 10 years
Farmers with small pieces of land can today maximize their crop production by setting up…
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Market opens for small-scale cassava farmers in Machakos County
Ebwana Tereka cassava variety which was released in 2017 by Kenya Agricultural Livestock and Research Organisation…
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Farmer who quit maize for tomatoes earns six times more
In 2009, Catherine Mumbi quit maize and beans farming due to low yields and poor…
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Journalist ventures into honey production, buys produce from farmers
Shortage of honey in the market prompted Gerald Mutunga, a Journalist by profession to venture…
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Orphaned passion fruit farmers in Machakos find strength by coming together
Part of a passion fruit farm of one of the farmers in Mwingi, Machakos County….
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Access to information helps Dorper sheep farmer avert 60 per cent loss in sales
Part of Kiprono’s Dorper sheep grazing at his Baringo Farm. The farmer has adapted to…
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Exporter training North Rift farmers on passion fruit production
Simon Kirima, an exporter of passion fruits is training North Rift farmers who hitherto depend…
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Procurement graduate who failed to land a job earns big from poultry farming
Amos Nyambane invested four years of his life training to be a Procurement Officer. In…
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Special container to save avocado farmer losses resulting from post-harvest mishandling
Packed avocadoes ready for market. Introduction of a special container for transporting the produce saves…
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Strawberry farmer training youth to help in producing quality fruits
Willian Kibe (right) training some of the youth at his farm in Uthiru. He trains…
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An IT consultant finds alternative cash from passion and pawpaw farming
Margaret Mutheu (left) and her friend tending to their passion crops at Kaewa in Machakos…
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