17 World Bank projects set to boost livestock production in Narok

The  World Bank in conjunction with the National Government through Regional Pastoral Livelihoods Resilience Project (RPLRP) has funded 17 projects in Narok County at a total cost of Sh.168 million. Speaking  when he unveiled livestock sale yard project at Ololulung`a Trading Centre in Narok South  on Tuesday, the Director, State Department of Livestock Production,  Emmanuel […]

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KEPHIS, KALRO in drive to have small holder farmers embrace new technologies for breeding potato seeds

The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) and Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) have embarked on promoting new farming technologies for breeding multiple disease free potato seed, in a bid to achieve a widespread take-off in productivity for the country’s potato farmers. The  KEPHIS Managing Director, Dr. Esther Kimani says only one per […]

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Counties urged to enforce potatoes regulations

The  Potato  farmers from Nyandarua County now want all counties to enforce the new 50kg potato packaging regulation to ensure equal playing field among potatoes growers. The  farmers claimed that farmers who had complied with the rule were incurring huge losses as brokers continued buying the extended bags from other counties and avoiding those from […]

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