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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Agriculture
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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Agriculture CS optimistic on national government in tackling locust menace
Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya has reaffirmed the national government’s commitment towards the locust eradication programme currently underway in large parts of the Coast and North
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