Climate change is the worst risk to modern agriculture. Droughts, floods and erratic weather patterns have become more severe and frequent in the recent past. It impacts the food security, jobs and incomes of millions of farmers across the globe.…
How can you keep your chicks warm during a blackout or power outage? A slight interruption in power supply can cause unrecoverable farm losses if you are in commercial chicken farming. In the worst case scenarios, you can be a…
What happened in the agriculture and food industry in Kenya, Africa and the world last week? This blog post will highlight the top and agribusiness news and headlines . In April week of 4th to 11th 2021 the following were…
Are you looking for the best quality fertilizer for sale in Kenya? This post will give you a list of fertilizer companies in Kenya. They include Yara, MEA and Copia. They are in the business of making and/ or distributing…
This article explores the challenges maize farming in Kenya farmers must overcome to make profits. It gives some solutions to mitigate the worst risks at the end of this post. An example is soil testing and crop insurance to deal…
Is managu farming profitable? In this post, we will estimate the costs and profits of growing the managu traditional vegetables or the black nightshade. The analysis is for one acre of land, and uses the cost-benefit (CBA) method for estimates.…
