Drilling for gas on Island off Kenyan coast takes place
Zarara Oil and Gas drilling project in Pate, a subsidiary of Midway Resources International of the United Kingdom, is on course to finding natural gas following initial drilling that started in Pate-2 in April last year.The initial drilling or spudding as it is known technically was a part of the...
Sugarcane farming runs out sweetness in western Kenya
Hundreds of farmers in Migori County who have been growing sugarcane since 1979 as a cash crop are having second thoughts. From being ‘green gold’ to a lazy man’s crop, sugarcane has now acquired the tag of a poor man’s crop, thanks to abysmal returns from a cash crop that...
Potato farmers embrace tissue culture to increase output, minimise disease
Nyandarua County is expected to turn to culture of Irish potatoes to improve the quality and quantity of potato production as Kenya looks to narrow the burgeoning food deficits. This modern farming method will see potato plantlets develop under specialised conditions to reduce infection by diseases, thereby increase food supply in...
Geothermal company offers energy to farmers
Erratic weather and a burgeoning population that requires food employment is ever a ticking time bomb. Nakuru, once synonymous with largescale commercial agriculture and industrialisation has over the years slipped down the rung, now needs rejigging to regain its position as an industrial town.Endowed with a variety of energy sources...
Forestry: Farmers at Kenyan coast take tree farming to supply raw material to new factory
Komaza Forestry Limited, established in Kilifi and Kwale towns in 2006, has now built a processing plant that treats and prolongs the lifespan of poles from five to 50 years.Situated at Mnarani, contracted farmers with large tree plantations in the vast semi-arid region, who have adopted the melia and eucalyptus...
An MP tells farmers beans and potatoes are juicier than mangoes
Through the programme, interested farmers will be given seedlings during rainy seasons and helped in the management of the crops.
Farmers in western Kenya ditch sugarcane for coffee farming
“We have installed two coffee milling plant at Musese and Chesikaki to improve coffee farming and processing,” Ndirangu explains.
County registers farmers for a databank of agricultural activities
“We are assisting our farmers to have value for their products by helping them plant certified seeds that take less time to mature and this can only be done if we know the numbers we are dealing with,” he said.
Long orphaned, sorghum farming finds a new home in economy
Mrs Ndirangu says, there are plans to invite flour milling companies to set up shop in the county to enhance the status of sorghum to a cash crop.
Kenya’s cotton industry on the rebound
At present, Kenya produces 25,000 bales of cotton against a demand of 200,000 bales annually. The 1,750,000 bales deficit is met with imports from Tanzania, Uganda, and India.
