The anguish of a Kenyan Farmer
The ordeal of the local farmers are numerous and wide-ranging; they include lack of market, control of the value chain by cartels, politics, weather variance and lately pests. Ultimately the
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Post-harvest losses, threatening food security
In the realm of food security, the reduction of post- harvest losses has been identified as a way of boosting production, in addition to expanding irrigation and increasing the use
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Pyrethrum revival on course
Pyrethrum growing counties have been urged to supply farmers with seedlings, since this was an opportune time to plant the much-needed flower and earn the country foreign exchange to cushion
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Nakuru hit by biting shortage of tomatoes
The current lack of tomatoes in Nakuru County has been attributed to the vagaries of weather and the continued practice of planting them in open fields. The Chairman of South Rift
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The appalling poverty of small-scale farmers
County governments have been urged to support small-scale farmers by introducing full packages of infrastructure, credit and marketing instead of just concentrating on farm input subsidies every year. The Chairman of
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