Controlling Coffee Bushes From Diseases
Coffee — the most loved hot drink in the world — is so popular it is common to hear its lovers make comments like “I do not talk to people…
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Success Story Of A Tissue Culture Banana In Kirinyaga
Karii in Kirinyaga is a farming village. Upon upon arrival, one is greeted with tomatoes, vegetables and fruits. The area is also popularly known for bean farming while others grow…
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How mushroom is making Kakamega farmer thrive
Situated off Webuye-Kakamega Road, Sikali is not your typical Kenyan village. Here, most farms are dotted with sweet potatoes – the dominant crop – as many farmers ditch maize due…
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Success story of a herbs farmer in Kiambu County
Located off the busy Limuru-Nairobi Road in Kiambu County, Kianjogu village is a fast-growing peri-urban settlement. Many farms in the area host maize, bananas, herbs and dairy cows, with most…
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Understanding Soil Diseases
It is always disappointing when a farmer plants seeds and they fail to germinate or they sprout but do not take off after transplanting. Among things that cause this failure…
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Hass Avocado farmers in Muranga turn to electric fencing to curb theft
Rampant theft of avocados – touted as the new ‘green gold’ – has been on the rise in Murang’a County. This has forced farmers in the county, which is the…
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Post harvest management on capsicum
It is two weeks since farmer Grace started harvesting her capsicum crop. She is doing it twice a week. She already had a ready market for her fruits, selling to…
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Tasseling in Maize farming, a sign of good things to come
Farmer Moses’ maize crops are currently at tasseling stage, a sign of good things to come in the next few months. Tasseling is one of the critical stages in maize…
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Succeeding on arrowroot farming on swampy land
Dressed in a black overcoat, Kenneth Mutwiri digs the soil around an arrowroot plant using a machete to loosen it. He then uproots the plant, revealing a tuber weighing about…
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Organic farming beats conventional method, new finding shows
Lydia Karegi, a smallholder farmer in Kiereni village in Chuka, tried a number of farming practices in an effort to get better harvests but her yields kept dwindling year after…
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