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Common Mistakes On Plantain Banana Farming That Beginners Make
Don't make this mistakes when venturing into Plantain banana farm. Mistake of buying unhealthy plantain suckers ( make sure the suckers you are buying to setup your farm is well…
The Required Knowledge That You Should Have Before Starting A Poultry Business
Running a chicken farm requires knowledge, time, patience, and experience from those who have been in the farming business before you. Before starting a poultry farm you have to know…
Q & A with a successful poultry farmers under the battery cage system in Nyeri
Cecilia Wangui,60, keeps some 5,000 chickens in Nyeri County under the battery cage system. Her layers and Kienyeji birds offer her some 2,800 eggs in a day and she also…
How a small dairy co-operative brought new lease of life to dairy farmers in Homabay County
On the face of the brick-walled building located along Rodi Kopany-Sori Road in Ndhiwa, Homa Bay County, the words “dairy farmers’ co-operative” stand out. Ndhiwa Sub-county Dairy Farmers Cooperative Society…
Coffee Farmers In Kenya Bet On Grafting Technology To Increase Production
Coffee ranks among key foreign exchange earners for Kenya. However, its production has over the years been dwindling to stand at a paltry 40,000 tonnes annually from highs of 150,000…
READ ON; Are sweet potatoes the same as yams? No and Yes
Are sweet potatoes the same as yams? No… and yes. When orange sweet potatoes were first introduced, grocery stores called them “yams.” Why the confusion? Let’s get to the root of…
Pros and Cons Of Pumpkin Farming From A Veteran Farmer
Moses Gitonga grows giant varieties of pumpkins on an acre-and-a-half in Nagum village in Gilgil, Nakuru County. The former military man spoke to Sammy Waweru on the best and the…
The urban and modern way of farming, success story of Mutile Wambua
Mutile Wambua is dressed in a black skirt, a cream blouse, white gloves and gumboots as she checks crops in a greenhouse on her farm in Yamumbi village off the…
A guide on fertilizer application on your tea farm
East Africa is very a important exporting Region of black tea, and countries like Kenya, Malawi, Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania export a large part of their high quality tea all…
Nutritional conditions and Fertilisation of macadamias
Macadamias cannot tolerate poor nutritional conditions. The first signs of nutritional deficiencies are a typical reduction in production, and then a gradual decline in the condition of the tree, with…