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By Makoma Musyoka A ward representative has pledged to audit all the coffee societies in Machakos County with a view of reviving the sector which has been run down through mismanagement over years. Speaking to hundreds of farmers at Kilalani Coffee Farmers Co-operative Society in Kangundo Sub-county during this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), Kangundo…
By John Majau For a long time in the past, farmers in Meru wholeheartedly engaged themselves in planting and harvesting of potatoes without even the slightest clue of the specific market they intended to sell their produce to. Many would be forgiven for thinking that farmers originally cultivated the crop for the sole purpose of…
By Our Reporter Governor Kiraitu Murungi has called on all the farmers to embrace saving by joining co-operatives. He also asked them to join organized and registered groups to enable them benefit financially from both the National and County Governments noting that it is not profitable for an individual to transport or export a commodity…
By Kamundia Muriithi Dairy farmers in Kenya have impressed their counterparts from Sierra Leone in the way they source credit to expand their farming and add value to their produce. A delegation comprising dairy farmers and bank executives from Sierra Leone, while on a benchmarking visit of Blessings Farm in Embu County, said they were…
By Erick Nyayiera Kenyan farmers have been urged to come up with innovations which can help boosting their crop and livestock production. Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) Deputy Director General, Dr. Felister Makini said it is only through innovations that farmers can be able to overcome their day-to -day environmental challenges. She said…
Unga Holdings Ltd has launched a new fish feed for fish farmers. The firm’s General Manager, Mr Dickson Jawichre, speaking during the launch of the fish feed in Siaya town recently said the feed will help boost fish production among small scale farmers keeping fish in ponds as well as those using cages. The pellets…
By Munene Maina Muki Savings and Credit Cooperative Society, a fast growing rural based Sacco in Kinangop, Nyandarua County, is a story that began with the sowing of small but well-selected seed that blossomed into an inspiring co-operative. Muki’s phenomenal growth has been a tale of humble beginnings using members’ own savings, and using members…
By Joseph Mukubwa Othaya Coffee Farmers Co-operative Society has released Sh43 million advance payment to coffee farmers. The Society Chairman, Mr James Gathua said that the payments were released to over 11,000 small scale coffee farmers in Othaya, Nyeri County. “This is just an advance of Sh20 per kilogramme which will help the farmers to…
By Jacky Soy Small-scale tea growers supplying their produce to Rorok Tea Factory in Konoin have petitioned the members of Bomet County Assembly to pass a motion compelling Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) to separate them with farmers from Kapset Tea Factory. The farmers who have boycotted plucking tea for some days said they want…
By Erick Nyayiera Co-operative movement in Nyanza needs to up its game and local farmers have been asked to join saccos so as to have a quicker access to loans for agribusiness. Agricultural Finance Corporation’s Regional Manager for the Western and Nyanza Martha Ayodo says that most farmers in Nyanza still practise subsistence farming a…
