Facts sheet on Saanen dairy goats farming
Saanen dairy goats. Photo courtesy. Dairy goats farming in Kenya has doubled in recent years…
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Former Nakumatt supplier turns to YouTube to train growers and make sales
Evelyn Wangari, a mixed farmer at Kitengela holding one of her fully grown chicken. She…
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Limuru entrepreneur launches honey processing plant that will buy produce from all-comers
Wilson Karanja, a Limuru based farmer cum entrepreneur has launched a honey processing plant that…
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Busia, Kericho counties plans a tax waiver deal to enable farmers access markets and curb food deficit
Workers at a milk processing plant measuring milk received from farmers. Photo courtesy. Busia and…
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New technologies increase farmers yields seven-fold
African farmers at the heart of tomorrow’s global economy The potential to increase Africa’s agricultural…
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Bayer East Africa launches new wilt resistant tomato variety
Tomato farmers in Kenya are set to benefit from a new variety that is resistant…
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Free market far more advantageous for the sugar sector than a heavily regulated regime
Michael Arum, SUCAM coordinator The sugar sector employs over 250,000 Kenyans and supports six million…
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How Kenya- Uganda border small-scale farmers are cutting the cost of transporting their produce across the border
A man pulling a cart full of goods towards Busia border point. Photo courtesy. Small-scale…
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Seed producer helping 200 culinary herbs farmers access international market for their produce
About 200 farmers in Bahati constituency of Nakuru County are earning up to Sh500 per…
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Leading hotel chain in Kenya buying green grams from all-comers
A leading hotel chain in Kenya is looking for supply of green grams from all-comers…
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CNN’s Marketplace Africa highlights Kenya farmers’ shift to avocado production
Jackson Mwangi, a Kenyan smallholder avocado farmer in his avocado farm. Photo courtesy. Kenya’s avocado…
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How agribusiness startups are pointing farmers to international markets
Kenyan farmers especially smallholders are now accessing international markets thanks to the growing number of…
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Former Brookside employee earns up to Sh200,000 an acre from sweet potato farming
Jael Ochanji in her sweet potato farm at Kabondo in Homa Bay County. Photo courtesy. In…
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Strawberry fruits exporter looking for more growers to meet increasing demand in the Middle East
Benson Maina planting strawberry seedlings at Jaick Agricultural Produce seedlings propagation site. The company…
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Mobile app gives farmers tips on crop and livestock, market prices and weather updates
Before the invention of mobile phones, smallholder farmers had to rely on traditional methods for…
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How to make sweet potato vines silage for feeding pigs
Farmers rearing pigs can reduce the cost of production by a substantial percentage through adopting…
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New technology helps farmers increase tree yields by 34 to 38 per cent
World Vision Kenya has launched a new technology that will help smallholder farmers increase tree…
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Kenyan mobile-based cashless platform connects small-scale farmers directly to local retailers
Photo courtesy. Taimba Limited, a mobile-based cashless platform based in Nairobi is connecting small-holder farmers…
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Embu County secures export market for farmers’ tomatoes, onions, capsicum, cabbages, potatoes, chillies, cucumbers and passion among other fruits
Smallholder farmers in Embu County are set to benefit from a new market after the…
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Kakamega fish co-operative set to save farmers from fetching fingerlings from far counties
Photo courtesy. Fish farmers from Kakamega County are set to benefit from a Sh20m fish…
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Mkulima bora app connects more than 5,000 farmers to consumers directly
John Kinyua, a computer science graduate from Chuka University has invented an app that will…
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JKUAT student selected ambassador to the world’s Thought for Food Foundation
Leah Wambui (right) addressing a participant who visited JKUAT stand at A.S.K Central Kenya National Show,…
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Kajiado farmer producing 5,000kg of pumpkins a season through organic farming
A polyculture farmer from Loitoktok, Kajiado County who has mastered the art of growing crops…
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Meru farmers win contract to export bananas to Hungary
Meru farmers under Imenti Community Based Organization have won a contract to export banana flour…
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