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When a farmer has to make hard decisions
If you read my articles regularly then you know I tend to be a bit crazy when it comes to the way I approach a lot of things in life. My attitude?…
How Does Farmers Trend Help Build And Support Smallholder Farmers In Kenya?
Agriculture is known to be the primary source of earnings for the small family farmers or building rural areas in Kenya. And the fact is rural people of our country…
Why you should not rush to adopt animal production technologies
As farmers turn to new technologies to enhance their poultry yields, experts are urging that the innovations must be comfortable and should not expose the birds to diseases. Some of…
Why Kenyan farmers should be certain on when to plant crops
Some seeds are bred to be fast growing, disease resistant, and drought tolerant. Farming takes more than just the availability of land and good weather. Successful crop production these days…
The dark side of farming
We often talk about farming as a well-paying and economically dependable occupation. Most people go to live in the upcountry as farmers upon their retirement from formal employment in the…
How to identify Good layers from Bad layers in your poultry farm for quality egg production
Quality egg production is the primary goal for keeping layers. It is, therefore, important to monitor production of your flock, identifying poor layers that eat into your profits with minimal…
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…
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…
The current situation of agriculture in the continent and its importance to the economy.
Agriculture is an important economic activity in Africa. On average, agriculture accounts for 32% of gross domestic product and employs 65% of the labor force across the continent. In some…
Some of the general soil management practices that help to improve fertility for high crop yield.
Soil fertility is very essential in ensuring high crop productivity. However ,we need to understand fully when a soil is said to be fertile for us to be able to maintain…