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• Crops

New technology cuts banana ripening time by about 10 days

8 years ago Reporter

Vincent Oyaro holding avacado and a bunch of bananas nest to a ripening chamber. The chamber reduces banana ripening time...

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• Crops

Tea prices drop due to increase in production

8 years ago Reporter

Kenyan tea farmers are set to earn less income due to drop in prices of tea driven by increase in...

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• Markets

Rwanda smallholder framers to benefit from Africa’s biggest agriculture forum

8 years ago Reporter

L-R: Strive Masiyiwa of Econet, Rwanda’s minister for Agriculture and Animal Resources, Gérardine Mukeshimana, and Agnes Kalibata address the media...

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• Crops

New grain storage technology to help farmers avoid Sh15bn post-harvest losses

8 years ago Reporter

Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) grains technology which will see farmers avoid over Sh15bn post-harvest losses due to inappropriate storage...

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• Crops

Naivasha farmer earns Sh175,000  a season from a three-quarter acre onion farm

8 years ago Reporter

Part of Harrisom Muriuki's onion farm at Karai in Naivaha. He has alredy harvested 1.5 tonnes of the crop and...

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• Crops

Applying aflasafe chemical two to three weeks ahead of maize flowering stops aflatoxin

8 years ago Reporter

As maize starts to flower, farmers may avert poisonous fungus contamination by applying a biological control of aflatoxins, aflasafe. Aflasafe...

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• Markets

Researchers develop a simple transporter machine which can be used to carry farm produce

8 years ago Reporter

JKUAT tricycle which has a capacity of carrying 750 kilograms at a time. Photo courtecy. University of Agriculture and Technology...

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• Animals

Government agency to train farmers on how to improve their cattle breeds for free

8 years ago Reporter

The Kenya Animal Genetic Resources Centre (KAGRC) will be holding a farmer’s open day on 25th May, 2018 at KAGRC grounds Lower Kabete...

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• Crops

Kericho farmers to adopt avocado farming to diversify their income

8 years ago Reporter

Grafted Hass avocado seedlings. Kerich County farmers are set to get 2,000 such seedlings to grow during this rainy season...

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• Crops

Molo farmer intercrops potato and garden peas, earning year round income

8 years ago Reporter

A farmer in Molo is growing potato seeds and intercropping with garden peas, in a classic crop rotation model that...