Makueni farmers set to up cotton production with new variety
Cotton farm. Photo, Mediamax network Farmers from Makueni County are set to up production of…
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Fact sheet on potato farming in Kenya for high returns
Farmers can optimize their potato production through good management practices to meet the increasing demand…
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Increased demand for Kenyan flowers in the US excites producers and exporters
Participant at the recently concluded International Floriculture Trade Expo (IFTEX) in Nairobi. Photo courtesy. The increased…
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Salt supplements prevent milk fever, retained placenta and downer cow disease in cows after giving birth
Farmers who feed dry dairy animals with mineral nutrients boosting salts curb after parturition diseases…
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Village chicken auction market helps small scale farmers fetch better prices
Chicken auctioneers at Kiling’ot auction Market in Baringo County. Photo, Ebru TV. Small scale farmers in…
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Agri-Entrepreneur: How I have used technology to connect 7,000 Kenya smallholder farmers to global markets
John Oroko Co-founder Selina Wamucii Limited. Photo courtesy. A personal drive to change the fortunes…
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Movable house for goats and sheep reduces deaths by 25 per cent
Goat and sheep farmers can reduce kids/lambs mortality from 35 to 10 per cent by…
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Team of agricultural graduates in Busia County training farmers on crops production for food security
Youth tending to his zucchini crops. Agronomical support is key in crop production and food…
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Narok group buying red onions from all-comers
A group of four traders is buying red onions from all-comers across Kenya. The group…
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A group of persistent oil crops farmers in Busia looking for more markets for their produce
A section of chia crop farm in Busia County. Farmers in the area have been…
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Israeli trained agronomist teaching farmers on crop production
Samuel Ndirangu, an Israeli trained agronomist is teaching farmers on crop production in a move…
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Production manager who quit job creates own model mixed farm
In February 2018, after working as a production manager in a farm based in Elgeyo…
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Online platform to support women in farm production and sales launched
Margaret Mutheu and her friend are engaged in passion and pawpaw fruits production in Kaewa…
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Company offers Kwale beekeepers training and market for their produce
Trainers taking farmers through on how to harvest honey. The Hive Group, a bee farming…
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Caging stops double pregnancies per month for healthy rabbits
A Kiambu County rabbit breeder has managed to produce healthy does and stopped double pregnancies…
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Kenyan smallholders to benefit from loans with longer maturity period to boost production
Cabbage farmer in Nyamira County, Western Kenya. Crop producers always face various farming challengers which…
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New technology enables farmers to practice upland arrowroot farming
Farmers in Nyeri Couty growing arrowroots using trenches and liners enabling them to grow the…
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How to control the False Coding Moth pest that causes rejection of fresh produce in international markets
Kenya’s Horticultural Crops Department reports that 17 out of 29 rejections of horticultural produce in…
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Former matatu driver leaves the chaotic industry, finds peace in potato production
Two years were enough for Isaac Ndirangu to have a full experience as a driver…
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Bungoma farmers to receive free coffee seedlings
Farmers in Bungoma County are set to receive free two million coffee seedlings in the…
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Retrenched Kenya Red Cross Society employee becomes own boss with apple farming
Peter Wambugu in his farm at Dobet in Laikipia County. The farmer grows different apple…
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Makueni farmer who swapped kienyeji chicken for Rainbow Rooster excels in poultry farming
Mary Mathuli, a farmer in Wote, Makueni County has excelled in poultry farming with her…
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How to grow and improve ginger yields using compost coffee husks manure
Farmer sowing ginger. An acre requires 3 to 6 lorries or supply of 50kg of…
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John Deere offering brand new tractor models for the price of a second-hand pick-up
One of the barriers to entry in the commercial agriculture sector is the perception that…
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