About 1000 farmers in Kirinyaga County are ready to plant BT cotton within Mwea area after the government legalized commercial cultivation of the crop late last year. The pioneer farmers would have planted their first seeds last April but the unexpected outbreak of the Covid-19 stopped the process abruptly. Land that had been prepared for […]
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The government is set to provide for the initial BT cotton seeds to farmers to plant during the forthcoming March/April long rains, a lead Crop Researcher, Dr. Charles Waturu has confirmed. Waturu said following the approval by the Cabinet last week that the variety was safe for commercial farming in the country, there was now […]
Continue ReadingPerennial wrangles that have bedeviled the management of Uyoma Famers Cooperative Society in Rarieda Sub County for many years could soon be a thing of the past after the society held a successful election to establish a new office. According to the area Cooperative Officer, Mrs. Mary Muyoyo who supervised the elections, the new office […]
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