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A Simple Guide On Courgette Farming In Kenya
Courgette is also known as Zucchini. It is dark green in color and firm. They are closely related to Cucumber. The squash is very high in demand both in the…
Carrot Farming Stories From Small-holder Farmers In Kisii County
Carrot farming has emerged as one of the highly valued farming activities considered profitable in Kenya though mainly grown for the local market. Small-holder farmers in Kisii County are opting…
Imported Rice Might Soon Be Replaced, Thanks To The New Introduced High Breed Variety In Mwea
Rice breeders in Mwea have come up with a hybrid rice that may soon replace the demand for imported rice in the country. The new breed of rice according to…
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…
Small scale farmers drive rice and sunflower commercialization in East Africa
To analyse the dynamics of agricultural commercialisation and agrarian change across East, West and Southern Africa, an e-dialogue was recently convened by the Agricultural Policy Research Programme (APRA) in partnership…
POMATO: Wonderful innovation grafting tomatoes on potato
The pomato plant exists (feel free to call it tomtato, I just swing between the two names), and is produced by grafting a tomato plant and a potato plant. They…
How China-Kenya bilateral cooperation could help transform potato farming through technology adoption and enhanced market linkages.
Sources say China-Kenya bilateral cooperation in strategic fields such as agriculture and infrastructure development is flourishing and Kenyan potato farmers are confident of some benefits flowing their way. China is…
Potato Prices Shoots High Amid Global Shortage
Multinational fast-food franchises are grappling with expensive imports of potato following a shortage of the produce in their leading source market coupled with a 30 percent duty imposed by the…
A Major Challenge Facing Coffee Production Today
In most coffee producing areas this harvest season, the commonest crime is coffee theft. The thieves who normally act during the night invade gardens and harvest the crop or they…
How to grow fast yielding pumpkins this rainy season
Pumpkin, considered a vegetable, is actually a fruit, with the nutrition of a vegetable. Farming pumpkins is common in many countries, with China being the number one producer, followed by…