Dear Reader,
As the year unfolds, we hope that you have started actualizing the plans you had made to utilize opportunities the new year presents especially in farming. In the last two years, Covid-19 has disrupted lives in various ways; requiring you to ensure to receive vaccinations availed by the Ministry of Health to protect yourself and your loved ones from the virus.
This edition provides tips on farm hygiene to keep off infectious micro-organisms from your farm; and details of the terrifying East Coast Fever, how to protect your livestock from contracting it, how to identify and manage it. In the previous edition, an article on the increasing demand of strawberries and a guide on how to grow them was featured. This edition focuses on hanging strawberries an approach that anyone can employ, whether in the rural or urban areas, to seize the opportunities available in strawberry farming.
Today many farmers are thriving in value addition enterprises. Read on to discover the simple steps you need to take to start making fruit jam and bee wax candles to make a side income.
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