Maize farmers reap big from sale of last season harvest
After the last season’s harvest, farmers in Uasin Gishu County are still lining up to sell their produce to millers, maize dealers, and the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB)
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Agriculture
County targets 70,000 hectares of maize plantation in the coming season
Migori County through the department of agriculture and cooperative development has hastened the registration of farmers to benefit from the government’s subsidised fertiliser. The move is aimed at tripling the number
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Soil-borne diseases denying farmers yield
Soil analyst, Bernard Ndung’u, has advised farmers to scout and identify soil-borne diseases in time so as to make early mitigation measures, to avoid adverse losses from suppressed crop production
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Nakuru keen on promoting climate smart agriculture
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock & Fisheries in collaboration with the Society of Crops Agribusiness advisors of Kenya (SOCCA) has started cascading Climate Smart Agricultural practices to the counties and
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Multi-billion gravity project to be completed in April
Bura Irrigation and Settlement Scheme Rehabilitation Project that will convert the Bura Irrigation Scheme from a pumped system to a gravity-fed system drastically, reducing the cost of operations is set to be completed by
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