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Kenyan Macadamia Trees Yield About 39 Kilos a Year Against a Potential 70 to 100: What Closes the Gap on the Land You Already Have
Macadamia yield per tree in Kenya averages about 39 kilograms of nuts a year on mature trees and about 17 kilograms on young trees. Researchers put the potential at 70…
Makueni Custard Apple Farmer Gets 3 to 4 Sacks a Harvest From 15 African Pride Trees: What the Numbers Mean for Your Orchard
Custard apple farming in Makueni gives farmer Martin Kisenga three to four sacks of fruit at each harvest from about 15 African Pride trees. Each sack weighs 90 kilograms. He…
Giant Cavendish Tissue Culture Banana in Taveta: How 476,035 Seedlings Turned Struggling Farms Into a Premium Organic Market
Giant Cavendish tissue culture banana plantlets gave Taveta farmers a way out of low prices and failing suckers. A five-year programme put 476,035 tissue culture seedlings in the soil of…
Solar Cold Storage Cuts Avocado Losses for Gatundu Farmers: 3 Lessons for Your Farm
Solar cold storage cuts avocado losses for farmers in Gatundu South. Farmers there pick fruit and grade the fruit. They chill the fruit near the farm and sell the fruit…
Persimmon Farming in Kenya: 12 Steps from Seedling to Harvest (Plus 4 Signs Your Fruit Is Ready)
Persimmon farming in Kenya rewards patience and careful planning. Grafted trees flower two to three years after planting and give a first harvest in three to four years. Mature trees…
Yacon Spacing and Planting: 3 Layouts Which Give Bigger Tubers
Yacon spacing and planting decide how big your tubers grow. Plants set too close compete for light, water and nutrients. Plants set too far apart waste your land. The right…
Avocado Trees and Bees: Best Proven Ways on How 2 Hives Per Acre Raise Your Fruit Set
Avocado trees and bees decide how many fruits your orchard carries each season. Your trees open hundreds of thousands of flowers. Most of those flowers drop without setting fruit. Bees…
Passion Fruit Buyers From Uganda: What 5 Trucks a Week in Sirikwa Teach You About Market Power
Passion fruit buyers from Uganda send more than five trucks a week to Sirikwa village. A 2021 Kenya News Agency report quoted a local farmer on the traffic. Buyers who…
Ginger Rhizome Rot: 3 Planting Mistakes That Kill a Plot Before Month 3
Ginger rhizome rot ranks among the most destructive diseases of ginger. You plant healthy-looking seed. Shoots appear in the first month. By week 10 the leaves turn yellow, the stems…
Drought-Hit Maize Farmers in Uasin Gishu and Trans Nzoia: What to Plant After a Failed Season as Government Plans 25 Million 90kg Bag Maize Import
Drought-hit maize farmers in Uasin Gishu and Trans Nzoia face a hard decision this October. Your long rains maize failed. The short rains have started. The government plans to bring…