Bungoma farmer taps into rabbit urine and droppings for more income
Besides a successful venture in rabbit rearing Humprey Wangila a farmer in Bungoma is now…
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Agriculture and agribusiness publication covering farming methods, markets, livestock, crops, innovation and farmer opportunities.
Simple indigenous ways to reduce aflatoxin levels in maize meals
Scientists have recommended simple indigenous ways that ugali lovers can significantly reduce levels of aflatoxin…
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Farmbiz inviting you for another training on how to export farm produce
Following increased demand from individual agro- entrepreneurs running small and medium-sized farms in the country…
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Top dressing Rhodes Grass
Make hay while the sun shines! While this often quoted adage is true in life…
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Hydroponic tomato farming offers Juja youth better income
A group of five youths in Juja, Kiambu County who were previously into casual jobs…
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Former financial analyst bets on new methods of farming for income and food security
Born, raised and worked in areas that experience extreme dry weather conditions in Kenya…
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Regulator, farmers agree to stop avocado harvesting to avoid trading of immature fruits
Horticultural Crops Directorate (HCD) in agreement with Avocado society of Kenya is set to ban…
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Vihiga farmers build banana processing plant, provide market for growers
A group of over 40 farmers from Vihiga County has put up a banana processing…
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Simple net prevents nurserybed from pests’ attack
Immediate laying of a net over a nursery bed can prevent pests that attack seedlings…
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Nairobi online farmer’s market links growers with busy office and home consumers
Enric Farm Fresh, an online farmer’s market in Nairobi is targeting busy office and home…
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Consumers’ love for ugali drives farmers to grow H614 maize seed developed in 1986
Kenyan farmers still prefer planting the 614 maize seed variety that was developed 31 years…
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Farmers replace maize with fish, harvesting fortunes
As tired soils and failed rains take a toll on farms with traditional crops like…
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Stakeholders launch $950 million initiative to boost Africa’s coffee industry
The Inter African Coffee Organisation (IACO) in partnership with Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International…
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Pump installation depth pushes more water to farms
Uphill farmers can pump more water from rivers at no cost by increasing the depth…
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Silage maker buying yellow maize from all farmers
Royal Farms Ltd, a Ugandan based feed mill company that has set its store in…
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Achieving 300 chicks per year with 10 indigenous (kienyeji) chicken
Many people especially the youth would want to venture into poultry farming but have no…
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Atlas F1 butternut variety earns Homa Bay farmer Sh92,100 a season
Growing of the Atlas F1 variety of Butternut could earn you up to Sh92,100 profit…
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2,907 Tharaka Nithi farmers bet on government water project to grow beetroot, income
The third phase of a water project for irrigation by the national government in the…
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Uasin Gishu youth group triples household incomes with extension service
A group of enterprising youth farmers in Uasin Gishu is pushing for the adoption of…
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Market location helps Kiambu farmer manage the highly perishable cucumber
One cucumber farmer from Kiambu County is betting on his nearness to the high-end vegetable…
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Best manure handling practices for maximum crop production
Despite its discovery by farmers all over the world since ancient days in its connection…
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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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