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Drought-tolerant maize project pioneers a winning strategy for a world facing climate change
As partners come together as One CGIAR to enact a bold climate-centered strategy, projects like CIMMYT and IITA’s decades-long work on climate-smart maize can help show the way forward. Since…
Strange Disease Killing Livestock In Tharaka-Nithi
Farmers in Tharaka Nithi County, are counting losses after a mysterious disease killed at least 50 cows in Tharaka area in a span of one month. The disease is said…
Pig Farming Tips From An Expert
THINK CAREFULLY BEFORE USING YOUR OWN ANIMALS TO BREED WITH The perceived advantage of using on-farm stock is that the farmer does not need to buy in breeding stock or…
Simple Goat Farming Business Plan For Beginners
Goat farming is not a new enterprise. Rearing goats is a profitable business. Rural people have been raising goats since the time immemorial. Generally goat farming means ‘rearing goats for…
PROPOLIS: The Unexploited Money Maker Farmers Should Pursue
The demand for propolis in Kenya has skyrocketed with very few people engaged in its production mainly because of lack of information. Joe_McUbed/Getty Images Propolis is a high income earner…
Boer Goat, The King Of Meat And Milk Plus Its Characteristics
Boer goat is a South African breed that is highly meat productive. Among other goat breeds, it is the big sized goat breed. Boer goat also produces a high amount…
Read On Serious Factors That Might Affect Your Egg Production
Eggs produced by layers are often seen as money lying loose that needs be collected to prevent losses. However the aim of keeping layers should be to make profit hence…
Good News As State Lowers NCPB Fertiliser Price
State agencies will sell planting fertiliser to farmers at Sh3,100 for a 50 kilogramme bag coming as a relief to growers who have been paying Sh3,500 for the same quantity…
From 10 Kienyeji Chicken, Read On How To Produce 300+ Chicks In A Year
Many people especially the youth would want to venture into poultry farming but have no idea how to start small not knowing that rearing chicken is not difficult to start.…
Good news to potatoe farmers as 50kg potato packaging rule takes effect April 2
Traders will from April 2 be required to adhere to the 50 kilogramme per bag rule in packaging of Irish potatoes as the agriculture regulator moves to enforce the directive…