Ready market excites over 2,200 Meru farmers to grow bananas
Over 2,200 small scale farmers who were previously into coffee and miraa production have found…
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Wrapping banana bunch with leaves cut post-harvest losses by 30 per cent
Proper banana post-harvest packaging with its leaves can save farmers three out of 10 fruits…
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Government to launch avocado farming in Nyamira for production and income diversification
The national government through Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) in collaboration with the county…
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Mulching beats new herbicide restrictions on export products
As the horticultural consumer countries move to blacklist one of the commonest chemical used in…
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Limuru farmers coop cold rooms helps members keep produce fresh, beating market prices
Some 400 smallholder farmers in Kiambu, Nyandarua and Kajiado counties drawn together under Village Economic…
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Christmas melon extract cures deadly poultry Newcastle disease, cut farmers’ production costs
Poultry farmers can adopt Christmas melon (also called Tagiri) extract to cure the deadly and…
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Government set to promote prawn farming, boost farmers income
Despite its introduction in Kenya in 1980s with most farms being located on flat land…
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How to grow, harvest the delicate sugar snap for export
Despite the high returns sugar snap peas can offer to farmers when well managed, most…
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Kisii County farmer slashes production costs, using fishpond water for vegetable fertiliser
Instead of buying nitrogenous fertilisers for his vegetable garden, Dickson Mosota has eliminated these costs…
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Farmers bet on the cold temperature of Aberdare Forest to rear trout fish
Some two farmers in Nyandarua County are betting on the cold weather provided by the…
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Bud-grafting cuts tamarind (mkwaju) maturity period by eight years
Farmers interested to grow Tamarindus indica commonly known as tamarind or mkwaju in Swahili can…
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How to get rainwater harvesting services from Kenya Rainwater Association
Since its establishment and registration in 1994, most farmers in the country do not know…
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Where to find mushroom buyers in Kenya as demand soars
Mushroom farmers in Kenya are set to benefit the increasing number of the fungus buyers…
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Fortune beckons for Kirinyaga herbs farmer after abandoning dairy
In 2011 Evance Kinywa sold all his 20 dairy cows due to increased production costs…
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Herbs exporter looking for more farmer groups to meet Dubai market demand
Peter Chege, the founder and CEO of Hydroponics Africa which deals in hydroponic production of…
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How to import breeding goats into Kenya
Many farmers in Kenya are constantly looking for quality goat breeds that can improve their…
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Cameroonian who lost entire stock to bird’s flu and swine fever finds reprieve in pawpaw farming
In 2016 Azeh Jerome Ndonwi, a farmer at Awae outskirt of Yaoundé in Cameroon lost…
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High school dropout earns decent cash form rearing earthworms
George Muturi (right) with fellow farmer at his Lari vermiculture farm in Kiambu County. Photo…
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Quality feeds give pig farmers over 30 per cent more profit
Farmers feeding pigs with commercial or formulated meals are making up to 34 per cent…
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How to set a simple vermiculture system for your kitchen garden
Farmers can now improve their kitchen garden yields at low cost by setting a simple vermiculture…
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Agricultural industry alliance supports government’s new pesticide legislation
An alliance of agricultural growers’ organisations has today announced its support for proposed government legislation…
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Poor coffee prices push Nyamira farmers to pawpaw farming
Nyamira County residents are turning to pawpaw farming to top up earnings from bananas to…
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Honey marketer looking for more beekeepers to satisfy the lucrative Arab market
Jungle Honey Enterprise, a Kenyan indigenous and commercial beekeeping company is currently in need of…
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Poultry waste increases milk output, earns Kabete farmer double income
Willie Ngige, a poultry farmer in Kabete, Kiambu County is earning double income from his…
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