Crops that can reach harvest in 2024’s dry short rains
Farmbizafrica has researched the earliest maturing, drought-resistant crops, from maize to tomatoes, for Kenyan farmers…
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Seaweed farming provides a lifeline for drought-ravaged coastal maize farmers
Zainab Kasalu has escaped the poverty of drought crop losses at the coast by farming…
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Farmbiz shares 5 pieces of traditional knowledge enabling pastoralists to thrive in Kenya’s harsh rangelands
Indigenous pastoral knowledge represents less than three per cent of literature on our environment. Yet,…
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Roundup of agriculture jobs in Kenya– 23rd July 2024
1. Position: Programme Nutrition Support Specialist Employer: Food and Agricultural Organization Location: Garissa About the…
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Kenyan mushroom yields are less than half normal levels, driving demand for mushroom courses
Kenyan farmers are buying enough mushroom spawn to meet the country’s accelerating button mushroom demand,…
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Calliandra fence a 10-year guarantee of increased milk, reduced costs for dairy farmers
Dairy farmers can reposition themselves to increase their milk and reduce costs for a decade…
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Kenyan families turn to common weed as powerful medicine
Jute mallow or mrenda which grows as a weed in Kenyan plots is a wonderfood…
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Farmers rescue sukuma wiki from yield-slashing, 20-year soil disease
Farmers in Tigoni have broken out of continuous pesticide use to curb 80 per cent…
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Rwanda steps up to meet Kenya’s racing button mushroom demand
Rwanda has stepped into the Kenyan mushroom market to plug the 17-ton monthly button mushroom…
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Dr Cary Fowler talks to FarmBizAfrica: Saving African soils may be only path to a future
By Jenny Luesby Could the soil of Africa be developing an unstoppable malaise that will…
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KALRO shops to launch novel white sorghum ending bird attacks
KALRO will launch bird-repellant white sorghum in its shops within six months saving farmers 80…
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Sugarcane farmers get quick cash from canola intercropping
Cash-squeezed sugarcane farmers are getting an extra harvest and quick money by intercropping fast-maturing canola…
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Farmers turn sand into soil with low-cost spin on global technologies
Kenyan farmers are turning breakthrough global technologies into low-cost hacks to hold back the desert,…
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Top snake center launches free helpline to treat snakebite victims across Kenya
Kenya’s leading snake farm has launched emergency services and free treatment to stem the 4,000…
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Roundup of agriculture jobs in Kenya- 8th July, 2024
1 Position: Mangrove Forest Office Employer: Nature Conservancy Location: Mombasa Qualifications Desired Qualifications Responsibilities Interested…
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Tree smoking gives mango farmers access to early markets, better prices
Mango farmers are smoking their trees to accelerate their harvests by 20 days and get…
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Marketing wizard triples goat sales on WhatsApp, YouTube.
For Kenya’s 4.5 million agriculture businesses, marketing is often the difference between wealth and poverty….
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Back to drought: dry rains ahead for Kenya
Weather researchers are warning Kenya faces one of the driest short rains of the last…
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Pastoralists strike rich by growing cattle fodder
Digging half-moons, Maasai pastoralists have reclaimed unproductive land to grow fodder increasing their herd sizes,…
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Hello Tractor new price model enables farmers to hire tools at 1⁄10 cost
Hello Tractor has launched a new price model enabling farmers to hire agricultural tools at…
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Rainforest Alliance introduces tool to help coffee farmers avoid being locked out of EU market
The leading coffee certification body, the Rainforest Alliance, is introducing a new tool to enable…
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Meru coffee farmer doubles yield with low-cost soil test
A Meru coffee farmer has doubled his yield by taking a low-cost soil test. The…
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Roundup of agriculture Jobs in Kenya– 28th June, 2024
1. Position: Consultant (Aquaculture Characterization in Kenya) Employer: WorldFish Location: Nairobi About the position: WorldFish…
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Maize farmers destroy Fall Armyworm at 80% less cost thanks to killer wasp
Maize farmers are using wasps to eradicate Fall Armyworms at one-fifth of the cost they…
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