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Basic skills to successful garlic farming in Kenya
Garlic farming in Kenya is an incredibly rewarding experience, but it can also be frustrating. Garlic is a high value horticultural crop in the onion family. Farmers are getting interested…
How to get the most from your dairy cow for maximum return on investment
Faint heart never won fair lady, sages said. One has to be persistent to reap the benefits of his labour. This applies to livestock farmers as well as the venture…
Eight ways to value add your tomatoes
As rains pound different parts of the country, tomatoes are one of the crops whose production is suffering. Heavy rains lead to diseases like blight which affect supply making the…
Practical guide to Raspberry farming
Raspberry production is well suited to small farms, as a small area of raspberries can provide significant income and equipment needs for an acre or so of raspberries are not…
Understanding Artificial Insemination in Chicken
Artificial insemination is the most widely used reproductive technology in the livestock industry. Its adoption in poultry species has increased in popularity, especially in the western countries for research and…
My rabbits fetches over KSh50,000 monthly – Success Story of Esmond Mwamkita
Dry winds blow heavily inย Shigharo, Taita Tavetaย County, as we ride a motorbike to Esmondย Mwamkitaย rabbit farm, about a kilometre fromย Wundanyi town. Osmond, 27, keeps some 200 rabbits, an agribusiness heย startedย in 2012.…
ABCD on Celery farming in Kenya
Celery is one of the few crops that farmers have difficulty growing well, but donโt let that stop you! If you plant at the right time and can give your…
READ: Pros and Cons before purchasing a Milking Machine in Kenya
Are you building a farm and having trouble deciding between hiring labour or buying automatic milking machinery? Or is your traditional dairy farm simply growing and you are considering an…
Suitable ways to trap and get rid of mole rats from invading your farm
The mole rat (Tachyoryetes splendens) is one of the most devastating underground rodents that attack various plants that include annual crops (like maize, beans, wheat and barley), vegetables, pasturelands, compound…
Complete guide on how to plant the best sukuma wiki (kales) in Kenya
Kales are one of Kenyaโs most demanded green vegetables especially due to their nutritional value. The Kales business is extremely vibrant both in urban areas and rural areas. Selling Kales…