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Hass Avocado Farmers In Kenya Can Now Export To China
The Chinese government has allowed Kenya to export fresh hass avocado after four years of lobbying as Beijing reverses an initial requirement that only allowed frozen produce, coming as a…
Challenges Facing Small Scale Seedlings Farmers in Kenya
This post will explore the three key challenges facing small scale farmers in accessing and using quality seeds and other planting materials. ย Besides, you will learn several agribusiness opportunities in…
The effects of COVID-19 on local food systems and rural livelihoods
As COVID-19 took hold in March 2020, the primary focus was on ensuring that people stayed healthy and safe from infection. However, it soon became clear that the pandemic would…
Common Reasons On Why Chicken Fight
Chicken keepers often witness squabbles between their chickens for various reasons. Although roosters in the flock usually handle disagreements, sometimes they may escalate if there is a bully amongst them.…
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…
A Complete Simple Guide On How To Buy A Good Bull Breed At An Auction
The days of buying bulls based purely on their functional appearance are over. Yes, of course, functional efficiency is crucial, but what is equally important is a buyerโs knowledge of…
Common Diseases That Affect Fish Farming As A Business
Keeping rearing conditions clean and sourcing fingerlings from reputable hatcheries will help contain outbreaks. New disease outbreaks, such as COVID-19, influenza viruses, Ebola, SARS and the H1N1 virus, periodically affect…
Keep the promise to allocate 10pc of budgets to agriculture
Most African countries have rightly identified investments in agriculture as key to achieving their economic recovery goals in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic-induced disruptions since 2020. The vast majority…