To help you ponder over the prevailing circumstances brought about by Covid-19, this edition of TOF Magazine invites you to create opportunities in the ordinary things within your farm. For example, are you a farmer, struggling with food insecurity, yet cassava is rot[1]ting away in the farm? Read the story of Tanga Kona Commercial Village, […]
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The higher the demand for organic products, the more the organic market grows By Wanjiku Kimani According to the Kenya Organic Agriculture Network (KOAN), 173,000 hectares of land currently is under organic farming in Kenya. This is a mere 2.9% of the 5.8million hectares of the country’s arable land. Despite the small percentage, organic farming
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Why You Should Include Legumes in Your Daily Meal By Esther Kanja Do you know the value of legumes? Often, we avoid the most nutritious sources of protein which are readily available thinking that they are just common foods that do not add much value to our diet. But the fact is most of these
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By Brenda Okumu Brachiaria is one of the most important tropical grasses and is widely distributed in eastern and central Africa. It is an emerging forage option for livestock production in Kenya and East Africa. Due to its high above ground biomass and nutritive quality than local grass it offers livestock farmers a viable option
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By Sharon Chebet Compaction is something you can never eliminate in your farm, but you can certainly reduce it. Soil is made up of particles of sand, silt and clay. Healthy soil also contains organic matter. Another very important property of soil is that; it has tiny air spaces between its particles called pores that
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Icipe scientist Dr. Jeremy Herren and his team have identified a new microbe, named Microsporidia MB that can prevent mosquitoes from being infected by malaria parasites. This microbe can be used to block the transmission of malaria parasites from mosquito vectors to human.
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Dear Reader, Here comes the planting season. Have you already prepared land for planting and spared farm inputs such as manure, seeds, and labor? we hope you have prepared well for maximum yields. In this edition, we feature seed varieties for maize suitable for various regions which you can buy from Kenya Seed Company outlet
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Kenyan farmers are realizing how profitable avocados can get.At the peak of production, a single mature avocado tree can produce 70 to 100 kg of fruits per year. The Hass variety is particularly preferred mainly for export market as the prices and demand are higher. In 2019, Kenya exported 60,000 tonnes of avocadoes with Holland
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he African Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) is widespread in Africa and causes up to 90 per cent yield losses. It is caused by cassava mosaic geminiviruses and spreads through infected cuttings, whiteflies (Bemisiatabaci), and occasionally, through farm tools. The disease affects leaves at the vegetative growth stage. Symptoms Leaves become distorted and growth is stunted. It occurs
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It is common among farmers to focus all attention on the lactating cows and the bare minimum to the calf. This should however not be the case for any farmer who wants to improve production in the long run. Ensure that your calves start off healthy as this is going to determine the productivity of
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