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Crops, Farming, News

Meru Potato Farmers Set to Benefit From Sh100m Cold Storage Facility

January 21, 2021 0 Comments

Potato farmers in Meru County are set to benefit from a Sh100 million cold storage facility being constructed at Ngusishi in Buuri West region.The...

Crops, Farming, News

Six Counties Enter into a Pact to Enforce Potatoes Regulations

January 20, 2021 0 Comments

Six counties have entered into a pact to jointly enforce the potato regulations that seek to cushion farmers from exploitative brokers. The pact will ensure...

Livestock, News, Pest and Diseases

FAO Donates Assorted Drugs and Vaccines for Livestock Treatment

January 20, 2021 0 Comments

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has donated assorted drugs and vaccines worth Sh. 4 million that will be used for vaccination of sheep and...

Crops, Farming, Market Prices

Tomato Farmers in Kajiado Decry High Cost of Fertilizers

January 18, 2021 0 Comments

 Tomato farmers in Rombo, Kajiado South have decried the high cost of fertilizers and pesticides.  The farmers have been forced to buy fertilizers from the neighboring Tanzania as those sold...

Crops, Farming, News

Munya Threatens to Disband Farmers’ Management Committees Opposed to Coffee Cherry Fund

January 16, 2021 0 Comments

Agriculture CS Peter Munya has threatened to disband coffee management committees for refusing to accredit their members for the Cherry Advance Revolving Fund, in which the government provided...

Crops, Farming, News

Farmers Supportive of Anticipated Coffee Reforms

January 15, 2021 0 Comments

Farmers in Kirinyaga have welcomed the move by the government to introduce reforms in the coffee sector Gichugu member of parliament Githinji Gichimu, speaking to a group of coffee farmers at Riakithiga in...

Livestock, News

Pastoralist Communities urged to Shift to Modern Farming

January 15, 2021 0 Comments

Devolution Chief Administrative Secretary Mr. Abdul Bahari has advised the pastoralist communities to embrace modern farming system; which is more profitable than traditional one. Mr. Bahari said the traditional system involved keeping...

Crops, Farming, MarketPlace, News

Legislator Urges Farmers to Take Advantage of Avocado International Markets

January 14, 2021 0 Comments

Machakos Women Representative Joyce Kamene Kasimbi has urged farmers to take advantage of the high demand of Hass avocados in the international market. Speaking in Mutituni area in the outskirts of Machakos town when...

Crops, Farming, News

Farmers Pleased With Current Sony Sugar Mill Status

January 12, 2021 0 Comments

Sugarcane farmers in Migori County are elated by the current state of Sony Sugar Company that they say has assured them of good incomes in the near future. Following...

Farm Management, Farming

Busia Farmers Warned Against Rushed Planting

January 12, 2021 0 Comments

Busia County Meteorological department has cautioned farmers against rushing to plant saying the current rains being experienced in parts of the country were short-lived Speaking to...

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