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How to minimise post-harvest losses

A large percentage of the world’s population consumes grains, which include cereals and pulses. However, even when all the factors of production remain constant, poor handling can compromise their quality and quantity, and lead to massive post-harvest losses.Loss of quality leads to reduction in the amount available for sale, while poor quality results in reduced

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Sunflower is a good source of Animal feed

Sunflower provides high quality feed for livestock, it also produces healthy oil for people. Most dairy farmers may not know the value of sunflower as feed for dairy cows and even chickens. The main source of feed for dairy cows is Napier grass, maize stalks and hay. The little dairy meal concentrates bought from agro-veterinary shops. However,

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Organic fertilizers have many benefits to your crops

It is time for planting again and farmers are struggling to buy inputs for use in planting maize, beans and other crops. Apart from seeds, the other most important input is fertilizer. Of course, many farmers planting maize will buy Diammonium Phosphate (DAP). But, chemical fertilizers will not help much. At least many farmers have noted

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