County starts restocking fishponds to promote aquaculture
The County Government of Nyeri has started restocking fishponds in a move aimed at encouraging farmers to adopt fish farming as an economic activity as well as promote food and
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Agriculture
Laikipia partners with church to boost poultry farming
Poultry farmers in Nyandarua and Laikipia Counties have been urged to embrace new improved indigenous chicken to boost egg production even as the church pooled resources to buy stock for
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VAT impact on poultry industry
The poultry industry faces a severe threat due to the increase of the Value Added Tax (VAT) on feeds that currently stands at 14 percent and will increase to 16
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Counties ought to specialize in climate-appropriate crops
County governments have been urged to encourage farmers to concentrate on farming in climatically appropriate areas, instead of areas producing similar crops which leads to market gluts during the rainy
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Government prepared to combat second wave of desert locusts
The government has assured farmers that the country has sufficient stocks of chemicals and other vital resources required to fight against a bigger invasion of a second wave of desert
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