Thomas Sang is one of the smallscale farmers growing summer flowers in Kenya and exporting to the Netherlands through a local firm. The farmer grows the cash crop on three-quarter of an acre in Bomet, and has been in the business for over six years. Arabicum, ammi, mobydick, eryngium, ...
Banana Farming as a Business: The Role of Tissue Cultured Planting Materials in Kenya Objective: To assess banana farming and the potential impact of Banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) spread to key production areas in Central and Eastern provinces of Kenya. Methodology and results: After the outbreak...
Bernard Mwaso of Edell IT Solution said that it has become easier to monetize online sites because of increased internet usage in Kenya. "But what makes one site stand out over another is the content. Content is what pulls readers and once the clicks grow, one can start getting adverts and...
Lifetime productivity of dairy cows in smallholder farming systems of the Central highlands of Kenya Evaluation of lifetime productivity is sensible to target interventions for improving productivity of smallholder dairy systems in the highlands of East Af... MC Rufino,M Herrero,MT Van Wijk,... -...
In Kenya, BSF production and its use as a feed component is an emerging business, but farmer awareness of the potential use of BSF in animal feed has received limited attention. This study examined the factors influencing farmer awareness of insect farming and its usefulness as ingredient in ...
A cautionary tale comes from a study in Kenya where a small loan program successfully helped farmers to switch from subsistence farming to farming export cash crops, only for the exporters to refuse to buy the crops due to a lack of certification [23]. The farmers ended up losing money and...
Kenya - Farming, Livestock, Fisheries: Agriculture plays an important role in Kenya’s economy. Although its share of gross domestic product (GDP) has declined—from more than two-fifths in 1964 to less than one-fifth in the early 21st century—agricultu
I intend to start some maize farming as a business in western kenya particularly Mumias , please help me in identifying the right seeds, fertilizer [s]and seasons ie rainfall distribution throughout the year, thanks in advance. Claire Shatembo said on September 8, 2010 I need to start maize...
In some cases water is salty to the point of being unsuitable for vegetable production, or dry up for a couple of months. Only the Nyando site in Kenya has clean, piped water but water provision is not regular as the pipes break and water pumps that feed them do not run constantly due...
The future of farming, and of farmers, is not as secure as we might expect. The odds are that the farmers who grew the food for your next meal have the majority of their careers behind them. In the UK, the averagage age of a farmer is 59. In Kenya, it is 60. And in Japan, ...