How to grow, transplant, harvest and cure onions
There is no shortcut to success with onion growing. For you to get a good harvest, you must perfect the processes and follow them religiously,…
Act quickly to save Kenya’s Lakes and fish, urges Greenpeace Africa
The piles of dead Nile Perch that have been washing up on the shores of Lake Victoria in Uganda and Kenya and Lake Nakuru are…
How to grow apples
Mr John Munya pulls a metal hanging on a wire on his quarter-acre apple farm in Kimumu, Uasin Gishu County, and it bursts into a…
President Uhuru orders lockdown in Nairobi, Kajiado, Machakos, Nakuru and Kiambu as Covid infections surge
By Walter Odhiambo President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday painted a grim picture of how fatal the third wave of Covid-19 is, revealing that Kenya had…
How to deal with ticks on your livestock
Of all the animal parasites, ticks are one of the most stubborn. They are a menace and can cause havoc. They transmit some of the…
Why you should consider Kuroiler chicken
Kuroiler is a rural-specific, multicoluored, dual-purpose bird. It was developed through selective and controlled crossing of high yielding indigenised poultry germplasm. Keggs Farm in India…
KCAA to effect drone charges after approval
Kenyan farmers wishing to use drones can now breathe a sigh of relief, following the passage of a new set of regulations on unmanned aircraft…
Kuroiler chicken farming
Mrs Teresia Ng’ang’ sells to her latest customer a batch of her day-old chicks , then makes her way back to the coop where she…
Part 2: Broiler house designs
The design should facilitate productivity and profit. Some factors to consider when building a poultry house include: Choosing the site: Dr Dhia Alchalabi, a poultry…
Housing preparation for broilers
Rearing chickens for meat (broilers) is a venture that is worth trying out. Broilers grow fast and are ready for slaughter at 20 weeks. Also,…
How to grow turmeric
Despite the lucrative returns of over Ksh500,0000 from half-anacre, turmeric is not as widely grown by Kenyan farmers as other high-value crops in the medicinal…
Millions of farmers get digital payments
Digital financial transfers and vouchers will now be the new mode of payments adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to at least 10…
Can agriculture overcome its own water problems?
Agriculture requires a great deal of water. In fact, it uses 70% of the world’s freshwater supplies. For centuries farmers have found ingenious ways of…
How to dry your fruits and where to sell them
Maureen Ochieng has been a farmer in Siaya for the last five years. But it is in the last two years that she has realised…
A fatal attraction that controls the devastating fall armyworm
A fatal attraction that controls the devastating fall armyworm A recent scientific study found that a proprietary blend of naturally occurring moth attractants, is effective for controlling the fall…