Farming, Popular
Why Farmers Should Consider Commercial Farming
Commercial farming is the growing of crops and rearing of animals using advanced technology and techniques for profit. The practice is increasingly being taken up by farmers...
Crops, MarketPlace, Popular
Stevia Farming: A Leaf That is Changing the Lives of Many Farmers
A single dry leaf of stevia in the international market will cost approximately $2 equivalent to Ksh. 200. In powder form, the price scales...
Individual, Women in Agriculture
How 25-Year-Old is Transforming Desert Land to Food Farms
8 years ago, Kenyans came together in the most humbling campaign to save humanity by providing food for Kenyans suffering and dying from hunger in the Northern parts...
Farming
5 Trends Set to Transform the Agricultural Sector in 2021
The agricultural sector in 2020 was dynamic for farmers and traders alike as the economy was hard hit by the pandemic crisis that forced foreclosure, unforeseen losses and unexpected profits...
Farmers Market
Impact of the COVID-19 to Agricultural Traders
Weeks into the imposed measures by the government to curbthe spread of coronavirus, roads in the busy farmers’ market have becomedeserted and vendors who...
Farm Tips
5 Lessons Farmers Can Learn From the Pandemic: COVID-19
Just over a month since the first case of coronavirus wasannounced in Kenya, the country’s economy has taken hits from a majority ofsectors. Agriculture...
Crops
3 Techniques That Can Overcome Seed Dormancy
Seedplanting is often assumed to be a simple task; but getting it wrong will affecta farm’s production in a big way. Havingseeds that do...
Farm Management
Creating a Farm Calendar: Lessons from A Stranger on Facebook
“Creating a farm calendar is no different from creating awork plan. I have used mine for three years now and I must say, it...
Individual, Technological Advancement
Taking Up Soil Less Farming Technology
Advancementin technology has led farmers to adapt to new agricultural practices away fromthe conventional soil planting, to not using soil at all. PeterChege, CEO...