Farmers in Tana River step up efforts to mitigate drought
Farmers at Bura irrigation scheme in Tana River County have embarked on a pilot hay farming covering 18-acres. Tana River is among the ten counties hard hit by drought with the
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Agriculture
4,000 Nakuru farmers to benefit from CSA training
As Kenya, like the rest of the world continues to experience warmer temperatures, rainfall variability and increased severe and frequent extreme weather changes, a public-private partnership initiative targeting 4,000 farmers
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CS Munya calls for system audit in KTDA factories
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya has ordered a forensic and systems audit to be carried out in all KTDA factories, its subsidiary companies and smallholder tea factories to improve efficiency. Munya
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Tea farmers to benefit from subsidized fertilizer
Smallholder tea farmers are set to make a saving during the short rains season starting October following a drop in fertilizer prices. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary (CS) Peter Munya expressed optimism after
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Murang’a farmers embrace rice farming
Being the third main cereal crop grown in Kenya after maize and wheat, rice farming is steadily gaining popularity in some parts of Murang’a County. Over the years, rice has been
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