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Groundnut Farming In Kenya; The Underrated Money Maker
Groundnut farming is an important crop cultivated by smallholder farmers in Kenya. In many countries groundnuts are consumed as peanut butter or crushed and used for the groundnut oil or…
Farmer Finds Fortune Inter-cropping Groundnuts With Maize
A murram road leads to a massive steel gate in Kathienge village in Giaki sub-location, Meru County. Fridah Meme, clad in black jeans and a marching T-shirt, opens the gate…
What you should know growing groundnuts in Kenya
Groundnuts can do well in many lower regions of Meru where the height is below 1,500 metres above sea level. The crop requires warm climate with temperatures ranging between 25…
Taita Taveta farmers in 10m contractual farming deal for supply of groundnuts
In the next few weeks, a small and dusty village in Taveta Taveta will receive a windfall of over Sh10 million, thanks to their contractual farming for the supply of…
High-yield groundnuts give arid land farmers ticket out of poverty
For the past five planting seasons Peter Magana has been growing a local variety of groundnuts in Tharaka Nithi County on his three-acre piece of land, but is yet to…
