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Stop Burning Wool, Weavers Plead

January 30, 2021 0 Comments

In a barbed wire fenced homestead in Rurii, Nyandarua County, we meet Anne Nyambura who is penning her sheep awaiting shearing. We find her separating the sheared sheep from...

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...

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...

Farming, Livestock

Fish Farming takes root in Kakamega

January 5, 2021 0 Comments

Farmers in Likuyani Sub-County of Kakamega have received a donation of 44,000 fingerlings from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), through the Aquaculture Business Development Programme (ABDP). Speaking during the...

Farming, Livestock

 Indigenous Chick Hatchery for Kakamega

December 23, 2020 0 Comments

A Sh 62 million hatchery will soon be set up at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO) in Kakamega county for breeding improved indigenous chicks. The construction is to...

Farming, Livestock

Farmers Get Fingerlings To Boost Fish Farming In Gatanga

December 23, 2020 0 Comments

Fish production in Murang'a county is expected to go up after more than 100 farmers in Gatanga Sub County were issued with fingerlings. The department of fisheries in partnership with Gatanga NG-CDF...

Farming, Livestock, News

VAT on Feed Will Lead to Chicken and Eggs Price Hike

December 14, 2020 0 Comments

The poultry industry faces a severe threat due to the increase of the Value Added Tax (VAT) on feeds that currently stands at 14...

Farming, Livestock

Nyeri Dairy Farmers Smile All The Way To The Bank

December 9, 2020 0 Comments

Dairy farmers in Nyeri County earned a whooping Sh. 3.5 billion in 2019/2020 financial year from the sale of milk. The farmers' 178,000 dairy cows produced 115...

Livestock

Debilitating Livestock Lumpy Skin Disease Outbreak in Lari

December 3, 2020 0 Comments

Livestock farmers in Lari sub-county in Kiambu County have continued to incur huge losses due to the lumpy skin disease that has been affecting their livestock for the better...

Farming, Livestock

Youth Take on Rabbit Farming to Improve Health of Nyandarua Residents.

December 1, 2020 0 Comments

Rabbit keeping was initially perceived as an activity for young boys. This perception is however vanishing, with more people delving into rabbit farming, and finding it a worthy venture. Stephen Njoroge Ngunju,...

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