Uasin Gishu expecting bumper harvest
Uasin Gishu County, touted as one of the country’s food baskets, is projecting to harvest 6.6 million bags of maize, courtesy of the Fertiliser Subsidy Programme (FSP) by the national
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Agriculture
Engage in massive food production, Kitui CC
Kitui County Commissioner, Mr. Erastus Mbui, has advised the county residents to engage in massive food production in the wake of heavy rain in the county so that they can
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Elgeyo Marakwet farmers earn 15million from sorghum, pyrethrum
Farmers from Kerio Valley in Elgeyo Marakwet earned Sh10.4 million from the sale of 250,800 kilogrammes of sorghum in the just-concluded harvesting season. According to Governor Wisley Rotich, the farmers planted
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New pesticide to eradicate invasive snails
The Golden Apple Snail, which has been destroying rice in Mwea, has caused significant losses to farmers. Early this year, the government piloted a pesticide from the Ministry of Agriculture through
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Sell 55pc stake in Mwea Rice Mills to farmers-Waiguru
Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has asked the National Government to allow rice farmers to buy the Mwea Rice Mills (MRM) when it is offered for privatisation. Waiguru said farmers own 45
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