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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…
Integrated pest management: A practical approach to healthier crops and safer pest control
Managing crop pests and diseases is an ongoing challenge for farmers. While chemical pesticides can help control pests, relying too heavily on them can increase production costs, harm beneficial insects,…
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…
Galana-Kulalu Farm Turns to Precision Farming to Boost Kenyaโs Food Security
Vast fields of maize stretch across the dry landscape of Galana-Kulalu, where irrigation sprinklers supply water to crops under the coastal sun. Agricultural drones survey the fields, while data collection…
Two Kenyan Enterprises Selected for Pan-African Accelerator Backing Businesses That Grow by Protecting Nature
With backing from the UK and Norway, the Nature-First Innovation Lab (NFIL) will help local enterprises Acacia EPZ and ForestFoods get ready to raise investment Nairobi, Kenya, 28 October 2026…
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…
Kenya Eyes India’s Irrigation and Rice Processing Models to Cut Imports
Kenya is looking to India's irrigation systems, rice varieties and processing models to increase rice production, reduce imports and strengthen food security. Kenya Eyes India's Irrigation and Rice Processing Models…
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…
China Market Opens for Kenyan Dried Chillies With Strict Rules on Safety, Processing and Certification
Kenya has secured market access for dried chillies to China, but exporters must meet strict requirements on food safety, processing, traceability, packaging and phytosanitary certification. China Market Opens for Kenyan…