Pioneering career fellowship supports Kenyan women to enhance agri-food policies
By George Munene Eleven Kenyan mid-career women are among 49 African women selected as fellows…
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FarmBiz Africa
Agriculture and agribusiness publication covering farming methods, markets, livestock, crops, innovation and farmer opportunities.
Kenya increasingly reliant on fish pond farmers as wild catch tumbles
Fish production in Kenya has for long been heavily reliant on wild fish in Lake…
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Baringo dairyman earns Sh46,000 more monthly switching to Boma Rhodes grass
Jackson Keitany, a dairy farmer from Kiplombe in Baringo County is now making Sh19,000 profit…
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Steel wire cages produce higher quality parasite free rabbits
Rabbit farmers can now produce a higher quality of meat and fur with a new…
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Fact Sheet: Orgarnic controls for aphids
Farmers can easily control aphids by using some organic practices, such as sprinkling ash, spraying…
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Stimulating reliable maize market through public-private partnerships can benefit smallholder farmers
In Kenya, maize markets are fragmented and volatile, especially for vulnerable smallholder farmers. Many farmers…
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Hello tractor app connects smallholder farmers to tractors
Smallholder farmers in Kenya and Africa at large can plant their crops 40 times faster…
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Government support more important than seeds, weather and soil in Africa’s agriculture progress
Government action is more important than seeds, weather and soil in transforming small, family farms…
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Agriculture mechanization only way to make African farming profitable
Agricultural mechanisation in Africa can raise productivity and make rural employment more attractive, thus ensuring…
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Mixed farming offers former government worker perfect nest egg
Fleciah Wambui Kinyua, a former civil servant at the Ministry of Health who was among…
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Western farmer abandons maize production for more profitable French beans export market
Rachel Njoroge, a farmer in Trans Nzoia, Western Kenya can now afford to access international…
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Trade CS greenlights exports of raw macadamia for 1 year to improve prices
By George Munene Trade and Investment Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has lifted the ban on…
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Kenya’s first observation satellite to help improve agricultural output
By George Munene Kenya’s launch of its first earth observation satellite tomorrow (Wednesday, April 12,…
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Murang’a launches minimum guaranteed prices for milk & mango farmers
By George Munene Murang’a County Government has launched the Guaranteed Minimum Return program (GMR) subsidy…
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SMS system improves access to subsidised fertiliser
By George Munene According to the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Agriculture sector survey of…
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Kenya’s yearly inflation up 9.2% driven by rising food prices
By George Munene According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, the country’s year on…
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Farmer Beware: Why cheap homemade fish feed might be expensive
By George Munene While the cost of fish feeds might be expensive, experts and commercial…
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Baringo farmer finds hope in forgotten resilient vegetable
Julia Chebotibin had been struggling with crop failure due to drought and crop diseases for…
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Village-based cooperative works with farmers to improve their yields & incomes
It is not farming as usual for more than 400 smallholder farmers in Kiambu, Nyandarua…
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Lawyers journey from broker to grower and supplier of cucumber and lettuce
In 2009 Mathew Tejeu registered for a Bachelor’s degree in law at Africa Nazarene University….
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Factsheet: Sore Hocks in Rabbits
By George Munene Sore hocks (ulcerative pododermatitis) is an extremely common bacterial infection in rabbits….
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Research shows abandoned African vegetable answer to Kenya’s food insecurity
By George Munene Research by Egerton University into Togotia (Erucastrum arabicum)– a forgotten small leafy…
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Innovative farmer taps fish pond water for irrigation & nutrient supply
Instead of buying nitrogenous fertilisers for his vegetable garden, Dickson Mosota has eliminated these costs…
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Kenya & Nigeria working to commercialise complete late blight-resistant potato
Front, the 3R potato undamaged and empty rows where conventional potatoes were planted but died…
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