How to lime and test your soil
Modern ways of testing soils are quicker and more affordable, ensuring more convenience for farmers. One of the parameters tested is soil pH. A soil…
Want to keep your mangoes fresh? Wax them
In a few weeks’ time, the sight of rotting mangoes on farms will once again start haunting us. Reason? It is another mango harvesting season…
How to grow corriander on your small space
With the Covid-19 lockdowns, many people will be spending more time at home. This is, therefore, the perfect time to start your mobile garden venture…
Evonik invests in In Ovo’s technology to stop killing of male chicks
Nearly 40 million day-old male chicks from the laying-hen hatcheries in Germany are killed annually. The global figure is about 6.5 billion. Poultry farms don’t…
Why Tanzanian Onions are prefered by Kenyans
Nakuru County farmer, Mrs Elizabeth Kabilo, was bubbling with excitement. She had planted onions on a two-acre piece of land and everything looked great in…
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,…