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Complete Guide on pig farming in Kenya
Live pig markets Although livestock markets are spread throughout the country there are no live pig markets in Kenya. This is owing to the many problems that have faced the…
Do you want to export your farm produce from Kenya but don’t know where to start? Herein is the guide
The fresh produce exportersโ trade fair last week in Nairobi was the place to be for a discerning farmer eyeing beyond the local market. At the expo, farmers interacted with…
Oserian Fairtrade establishes nutrition garden to supplement staff feeding
Nairobi, Kenya, 21 September 2017: The Oserian Fairtrade Joint Body has established a garden for production of selected highly nutritious vegetables to supplement staff feeding. Oserian flower farm workers tend…
Nyeri farmers to start coconut farming
More than 2,000 farmers in Nyeri County will soon start planting coconut trees in Kanyai Forest in Kieni West Constituency in a Sh15 million programme funded by both Nuts and…
Fertiliser firm opens doors at Coast
A new fertiliser blending factory will be commissioned in Mombasa mid next month in a move expected to help tame the high prices of farm inputs and address perpetual food…
Why choosing the right liner for your fish pond can appear complicated, but it doesnโt have to beโฆ
With the scarcity of space growing everyday within many towns around the country and rural-to-urban migration leaving the country sides empty of human resource to tend to fish pond establishments,…
Single animal gives birth to Ksh10m farming business in Nyandarua – success story of Rose Kagondu
On one part of the well-kept homestead in Kirika, Nyandarua County, sits a heap of animal manure and on the other are cowsheds. Next to the animal sheds are chicken…
Horticulture earnings in Kenya rise to Sh64bn in six months
Farmers earned Sh64 billion from fresh horticultural exports to Europe in the first six months of 2017, compared to Sh58 billion in a similar period last year. According to Agriculture…
The fall armyworm and East Africaโs impending food crisis
East Africa is staring at a biting cereal shortage in the wake of the devastating destruction caused on farmlands by the fall armyworm, experts have warned. The most affected is…
DAIRY FARM TOUR : Pokea Dairy Farm, 9th September 2017
DAIRY FARM TOUR This is to inform you that we have re-scheduled the date of the oncoming dairy farm tour to Pokea Dairy Farm and a horticulture farm in Nakuru…