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Agriculture
Replacing tobacco with food crops bearing fruits in Migori
When we visited 45-year-old Michael Okong’o, a former tobacco farmer in Migori at his rural home, the healthy green crops were all we could...
Boost to farmers as Sh23 million soil laboratory is launched in Rongo University
Rongo University is the first University to have a soil analysis laboratory in Nyanza and the Western regions.
The Sh23 million facility was constructed through...
Graduate abandons job search, turns village into a farming class
When he graduated in 2019, Erick Ochieng had a great vision.
Get a well-paying job, start a family, and invest.
But all these fell on a...
Why Sorghum farmers in Kisumu are against proposed tax on alcohol
Sorghum farmers in Kisumu now want the government to reduce the proposed excise tax on beer.
The proposed excise tax saw a 10 per cent...
How Migori County is replacing tobacco with dairy farming
Migori County Livestock and Agriculture Department has launched the sixth phase of one dairy cow per tobacco farmer in seven sub counties.
The project is...
Alarm as Armyworms wreak havoc in Kisumu
More than 10,000 acres of maize, sorghum and pasture has been invaded by Armyworms in Muhoroni.
The outbreak which is now extending to better parts...