Understanding Soil Diseases
It is always disappointing when a farmer plants seeds and they fail to germinate or they sprout but do not take off after transplanting. Among things that cause this failure…
It is always disappointing when a farmer plants seeds and they fail to germinate or they sprout but do not take off after transplanting. Among things that cause this failure…
Rampant theft of avocados – touted as the new ‘green gold’ – has been on the rise in Murang’a County. This has forced farmers in the county, which is the…
A thrumming decorticator welcomes visitors to Kyumani, a sleepy neighbourhood in Masongaleni, one of the driest regions in Makueni County. The last two decades have seen the rural farming community…
KENYA is the sixth-largest exporter of avocados in the world and the leading exporter in Africa. The country accounts for 81.6 percent of EAC avocado fruit exports. Most farmers grow…
Cannabis is a drug crop with a long history in Africa. Alongside coca and opium poppy, it has been subjected to international control for nearly a century. The International Opium Convention of 1925 institutionalised…
Ernest Muthomi is the chief executive of the Avocado Society of Kenya (ASOK), which brings together farmers, exporters and other stakeholders across the value chain. He spoke to Sammy Waweru…
Cashew nuts are indigenous to Central America, the Caribbean Islands and Brazil. The crop reached the East African Coast from Goa, India, where the Portuguese introduced it in the 1560s.…
Agroforestry: A land management system that integrates trees within other crops or livestock systems to improve the complex beneficial interactions with other organisms (bacteria, fungi, insects, birds, mammals) and so…
Fresh Del Monte Europe keeps on with their strategy to bring a diversified range of added-value, high quality fruits, carefully selected from their own farming operations with the benefit of…
Hundreds of smallholder coffee farmers in Kisii County will now sell their coffee directly to the global market. The move will translate to the farmers who are under Gusii Coffee…