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Weeding tomatoes for higher yields, things you should note
Weeding involves removing all unwanted plants from the farm. It is carried out to prevent competition of nutrients between the weeds and the main crop in our case, the young…
How to tell if you made profit from open field cultivation of tomatoes.
It’s a good practice to evaluate the production cost at the end of the season to determine if one made a profit or loss. This should be done by checking…
Some diseases likely to affect spinach and the possible control measures.
This article will look at some of the diseases likely to affect spinach and the possible control measures. Photo: Credit The most common diseases affecting spinach are fungal diseases. This…
Thrips in French beans, how to deal with them
Last week we examined how to use various crop protection products to control pests and diseases affecting French beans. So far, Farmer Irene has been scouting the crop regularly to…
Some costly mistakes pig farmers make
It is always advisable in business to minimise expenses, maximise production and thus profits. Livestock farmers are particularly famous for employing an array of methods to cut expenses. Unfortunately, not…
Climate Change, What Farmers Should Understand
Time and again farmers are warned about climate change and its negative impact on agricultural production. We are already witnessing signs of climate change whose frequency and accumulation are quite…
Zimbabwean blueberry season at its peak
The Zimbabwean blueberry season is at its peak and two packhouses east of Harare are running packlines with Flowberry mechanical sorters, installed by Flowpack Systems based in Grabouw, Western Cape.…
City Markets, Where Brokers Dictate Prices & How We Got Here
Passenger vehicles honked incessantly as they piled into Nairobi central business district, dropping the early birds. It was about 5am at Wakulima Market and among the early birds were smallholder…
Kajiado, the raising unspoken food basket County in Kenya
Three trucks honked as they made their way into Wakulima market in Nairobi. Two of the small trucks were loaded with tens of crates of tomatoes while the other red…
Four rarely kept cattle breeds that can make you a millionaire
This cattle breeds are kept by few farmers and whose semen is least sought after yet they have huge potential when reared for milk, meat or used for breeding. These…