We are excited to bring you yet another edition of The Organic Farmer magazine. In this edition, we give you tips on how to manage without pesticides the snails and slugs that consume your crops.Read about parasitoids and other beneficial insects that protect your farm from destructive pests., All this and more in this month’s issue! From […]
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By Caroline Mwendwa When egg prices dropped in November 2018 due to imports flooding the Kenyan market, local farmers were hit hard. They had nowhere to take their eggs, and some had to sell them at throwaway prices. Kiambu, just like other places across the country, was badly affected. To counter this adversity, the farmers
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“I had reached a point where every season was frustrating. Buying farm inputs was expensive and my yields were unsatisfactory. I felt like I was using too many chemicals on the crops my family was feeding on…” From a distance, her farm appears ornamental due to the rich variety of crops she is growing. Various
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When egg prices dropped in November 2018 due to imports flooding the Kenyan market, local farmers were hit hard. They had nowhere to take their eggs, and some had to sell them at throwaway prices. Kiambu, just like other places across the country, was badly affected. To counter this adversity, the farmers got together and
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Use the right beans variety for better yields As the short rains approach, farmers are naturally getting ready to plant. In this Issue, we feature beans varieties suitable for the season. Identifying the right seed The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) has put in place measures to ensure that farmers buy quality seeds. Every
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Their beauty and functionality make these gardens an asset to anyone wishing to create a kitchen garden. If you have some space in your home and have been wondering what to do with it, then you should consider creating a mandala garden. Apart from its beauty, in this kind of garden, vegetables are planted in
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One of the marks that distinguish a good organic farmer is the ability to acknowledge that not all small organisms on the farm are pests that, in fact, some are precious and highly beneficial. Earthworms fall into this category of beneficial organisms. There are over 1,000 species of earthworms in the world, with different physical
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Making good silage is not easy. However, the following tips can help to improve your silage quality: Whole-plant maize silage in dairy cattle feeding rations is preferred not only because of its natural high-energy value and good supply of fibre, but also because the whole plant is harvested, maximizing the yield. It also has up to
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Their beauty and functionality make these gardens an asset to anyone wishing to create a kitchen garden.If you have some space in your home and have been wondering what to do with it, then you should consider creating a mandala garden. Apart from its beauty, in this kind of garden, vegetables are planted in circles
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The fall army worm is larvae stage of fall army worm moth. It is a migratory pest native to America and was first reported in Africa in 2016. The army worm causes damage by feeding on leaves and stems of maize, rice, sorghum, sugarcane, vegetable and cotton.
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