AGRIBUSINESS: Tea reforms unstoppable, says CS Munya
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary (CS) Peter Munya has retaliated that the implementation of the ongoing tea reforms will not stop until sanity is restored in the sector.
Speaking in Nyamira on Thursday, Munya noted that the...
How MCA spends his time away from chambers
A Kisii Member of the County Assembly is among residents who do sugarcane farming, which is a lucrative venture in the county.
Those who have properly exploited the activity have been smiling all the way...
AGRIBUSINESS: Farmers urged to explore cotton farming
When farmers in India first heard of biotech-engineered cotton 20 years ago, a few scoffed at the idea while others embraced it.
A team of scientists at Monsanto had developed Bt, a variety of cotton...
AGRIBUSINESS: Why avocado is the green gold
A section of farmers from Uasin Gishu County, Kenya, have started to embrace avocado farming.
One of them is James Agui who says avocado farming is lucrative.
He says farmers should invest in irrigation to counter...
Trans Nzoia County vows to boost coffee sector
The County Government of Trans Nzoia will increase land under coffee from the current 2,535 hectares to 10,000 hectares by the year 2023.
Speaking to The Scholar Media Africa, the County Executive Committee Member in...
How to safely shop in the marketplace during the pandemic
The world is still riven with the emergence and impact of the novel coronavirus. It is a serious issue that demands an encounter with specific social dilemmas and forces us to embrace new existential...
Munya directs tea factories to cut production costs
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary (CS) Peter Munya has directed tea factories to reduce costs on production so that farmers can get good pay.
Speaking at Itumbe and Ogembo factories in Kisii on Sunday, Munya (pictured above)...
EXPERTS: Mechanized farming enhances productivity
Farm mechanisation is on the rise in the country, replacing the use of animal and human labour in agricultural production.
This has more advantages than disadvantages. Most farmers practicing large scale production use tractor drawn machines for land preparation,...
Mogusii tea farmers demand management overhaul
Mogusii tea farm in Borabu Constituency is in the verge of collapsing over what its over 200 members call mismanagement of proceeds from the business.
The company has over 600 acres under tea.
It has faced...
Invest in technology, alternative crops to mitigate effects of drought
By Patrick Mose
The latest report published by Kenya Red Cross that close to two million Kenyans are facing imminent hunger and drought is worrying many people who depend on subsistence agriculture with little surplusor...
