More farmers in Siaya County have been urged to adopt the growing of Robusta coffee as a cash crop The area CEC for Agriculture, Dr. Elizabeth Odhiambo, made the call saying that only 60 acres of the crop has been planted, against a potential of 3,000 acres. The CEC said the county government in collaboration […]
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Uasin Gishu farmers have been advised to embrace diversification to create more wealth instead of depending on the traditional maize and wheat farming. Speaking in Kong’asis in Ainabkoi Sub- County, Uasin Gishu Governor, Jackson Mandago, also challenged the farmers to take farming seriously in order to reclaim the county’s lost wealth. Mandago said the County […]
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A Murang’a businesswoman has offered tree seedlings to schools and churches to help beautify their environment. Esther Nyambura, who is a mother of four owns several tree nurseries outlets in the county made the offer as sign of her gratitude and social responsibility to the society. She said he gesture was part of her dream […]
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The Ministry of Agriculture has released Sh.138 million to settle debts owed to cane farmers in Kakamega County. Governor Wycliffe Oparanya said that he has already received the funds from the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture (CS), Peter Munya and that the farmers would receive their monies in the course of this week. He was speaking […]
Continue ReadingAfter many years of getting meager returns from coffee, a group of farmers in Kirinyaga County have started growing high-yielding banana variety. Through funding from the County Government, a banana nursery was set up and growers were trained on how to tender for the crop. Jane Wangechi from Kimwea in Gichugu Constituency has her three-acre […]
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