Unlocking Success in African Food and Crop Farming: From Soil Health and Seed Selection to Crop Care, Harvesting, and Value Addition. Whether it’s Horticulture, Cash Crops, Fruits, Vegetables, Cereals, Legumes, or Herbs, for Both Commercial and Food Production, We’ve Got You Covered
In this article, we give you tips for growing cabbages in Kenya. To get higher yields, you need cabbage heads that are bigger, heavy and compact. They should be free of defects like rots, and its inner color would be cream or white. To achieve those goals, Follow our tips for successful commercial gardening and…
Are you looking to harvest big cabbage heads from your farm ? This analysis has the 11 best hybrid cabbage seeds in Kenya. Eg. Gloria F1, Baraka F1 Amigo F1.
Aphids cause farmers a lot of financial and yield loss. You can control and prevent their outbreak in your land by observing hygienic gardening practices (GAPS) like precise irrigation. There are various natural methods and products for their control like the neem oil, diatomaceous earth or washing them off with clean water as outlined
Imagine this: Five years from now, you’re standing in the middle of your thriving tree farm. The fast growing timber trees you plant today can be towering giants, ready for harvest, and buyers are lining up. Timber trees are fast-growing and can be harvested for their wood, bark, and leaves. Their high biomass makes them…
In this profit analysis, we determine the expected income for spinach farming in Kenya. We use the gross margin analysis method to get total revenues from an average price per Kilogram and total yields per acre. We deduct all costs of production such as the cost of farm inputs and labor to determine the gross…
How can grain farmers, traders and consumers reduce food losses to pests and bad weather? Explore 3 cheap ideas. These are hermetic bags, airtight containers, metallic and plastic hermetic silos. You will also limit the use of toxic pesticides and preservatives
Why do pesticides fail to work at times on your farm? Crop protection is necessary to get quality yields. Farmers use different means of pest control, including applying pesticides, integrated pest management (IPM) practices and biological pest control products to destroy pests. Pesticide use is one of the most efficient. However, this may be costly…
Learn factors to consider while selecting good, quality certified seed and settle on the best variety to plant in your farm. consider yield maturity, hybrid seeds, resistance, price, company reputation among other factors.
Is Kale farming in Kenya profitable? In this post, we will use a simple cost and benefit analysis to estimate the money you make as well as the costs, sales and profits of farming sukuma wiki vegetable. The post assumes one acre under open-field and rain fed kale farming. “Sukuma wiki” as kales are commonly…
Are you looking for the best traditional, or African leafy vegetables in Kenya?There is a high and growing demand for Kenya’s indigenous vegetables, or “mboga kienyeji vegetables as they are commonly known. The key ones include amaranth (Terere), spider plant (Sagaa), and African nightshade (managu) among others. They are rich in flavor and are packed…