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Lychee Fruit Farming, An Exotic Fruit That Can Make You Millions
Once a rarity, nowadays exotic lychee fruits are widely available in grocery stores and supermarkets in Kenya. Lychee trees can be a bit challenging to grow and it will put…
Complete Guide on Potato diseases & common pests: identification, prevention & control
There are lots of different potato diseases and pests to watch out for. Very often, however, problems can be avoided with a varied crop rotation. The potato (Solanum tuberosum) can…
European buyers forcing horticultural exporters to carry out extra certification as GMO bites
European buyers of Kenya’s horticultural produce are raising concern over the country’s lifting of the ban on genetically modified organisms (GMO), forcing exporters to carry out extra certification to confirm…
Cape Gooseberry Farming, The Underutilized Perfect Crop For Diversification In Kenya
In 2010, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (now Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)) classified cape gooseberry as an underutilized fruit in Kenya. It was ranked by stakeholders as the…
Sorghum, a better alternative to maize on making dairy cattle silage
Years ago, sorghum was one of the most important food crops in Africa, but over the years, farmers have abandoned it in favour of maize. However, what farmers do not…
Cattle Fattening In Kenya, Get It Right For Quality Beef
Cattle Fattening In Kenya: Feedlot is more or less the opposite of ranching or keeping animals on field pasture. Keeping animals in ranches or open pastures requires a lot of…
FARMING PROBLEMS IN AFRICA
Africa is the only continent in the world where poverty and hunger are on the increase. The number of malnourished Africans is on the rise from one year to the…
How ET (EvapoTranspiration) Affects Crop Yield
Crop evapotranspiration is a physical process in which water passes from the liquid to the gaseous state while moving from the soil to the atmosphere. It refers to both evaporation…
Understand your soil before investing in fruit farming in Kenya
Plants such as macadamia, hass avocado, tree tomato, and apples flourish in deep and well-drained soils. Adequate drainage helps prevent the development of fungal diseases and root rot. Before planting,…
Coffee Farmers In Makueni County Get Free Seedlings
Over 1,000 farmers from Mbooni Sub-County in Makueni County benefited from coffee seedlings by the county government in a move to boost coffee farming in the area. The seedlings, a…