— In early 2021, a year following COVID-19, Kenya was officially noted as a country in a recession, a fact that slowed production due to high cost of farm inputs. Although fears about the negative …
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— The aim of the study was to determine the farm level technical efficiency and its determinants among smallholder sugarcane farmers in Malava Sub-county, Western Kenya.
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— Small-scale farming accounts for roughly 75 per cent of the total agricultural output in Kenya. The future of food security in the country, therefore, lies in safeguarding small-scale farmers. However, Kenya's …
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— Poor soil fertility is one of the most limiting biophysical factors to agricultural production among smallscale farmers in much of the sub-Saharan Africa, especially the semi-arid areas. In this study, a survey of 200 randomly selected farming s across four districts (Mafikeng, Ditsobotla, Ganyesa and Taung) located in a semi-arid …
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— Sometimes last year, it was rumoured that the Kenyan dairy sector players was considering re-introducing free milk to school going children. The last this was seen was in the 1990s under the Moi regime which had introduced the practice in 1979 with much aplomb to cater for excess capacity of milk production and ensure healthy feeding …
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— Smallholder farmers in Kenya are the key to unlocking the nation's full agricultural potential. They make up almost 70% of agricultural production without full …
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Dairy is a big opportunity in Kenya. Kenya's cows produce over 3.5 billion litres of milk a year. Kenyans consume more milk than people in any other country in Africa, and the demand for dairy products is on the rise. By 2030, Kenya is …
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Smallholder farming in Kenya is key to the country's food security and economy. Small farms account for 75% of the total agricultural output. Yet smallholder farmers' agency has been largely neglected in the five decades of post-colonial agricultural policy-making in Kenya. The same policies have attempted to heavily restructure
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— The document defines small farms as between 0.2 hectares and 12 hectares, much larger than the agriculture ministry's two definitions. It also includes some farms "outside this range". But neither the 10-year …
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— Small-scale irrigation pumps in Kenya provided both economic and non-economic benefits to smallholder farmers, and improved the position of women in the ... Prosperity and Power: Experimental Evidence on Irrigation Pumps and Smallholder Farmers in Kenya', Journal of Development Economics 163: 103034. …
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— For smallscale farmers with limited production capacity, finding enough feed during the dry season to maintain good milk production is always a problem. Many are forced to buy hay, concentrates or silage just to keep their animals alive and are unable to benefit due to the higher prices paid for animal feed in the dry season.
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— Across western Kenya, WFP is training nearly 10,700 farmers in 79 organizations to improve their production and connect to markets. Kimeli, a 35-year-old father of three, is one of the 30 members ...
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PDF | On Jan 1, 2021, Dennis Kimoso Mulupi and others published Subsidized Fertilizer Utilization and Determinants among Small-scale Maize Farmers in Kakamega County, Kenya | Find, read and cite ...
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— KRA's move to force e-Tims on small-scale farmers in Central Kenya has touched a raw nerve, with crop growers now expected to be on-boarded by the end of this month. The economy of Central region — which overwhelmingly voted for President William Ruto in the August 9, 2022 elections — is predominantly agricultural with most families ...
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— 2. Extension services– The agricultural sector extension service plays a key role in disseminating knowledge, technologies and agricultural information, and in linking farmers with other actors in the economy.The extension service is one of the critical change agents required in transforming subsistence farming to a modern and commercial …
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— This concurs with a by Kumela, Simiyu, Sisay, Likhayo, Mendesil, Gohole, and Tefera (2019) report that most farmers in Kenya (97%) encounter damage by related pests such as fall armyworm on their farms and they estimate an average 47.3% of crop damage in Kenya, with an estimated yield reduction between 0.8 to 1 tonne/ha.
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— From Retrenchment to Becoming A Farmer: Wangari Kuria is Empowering Small-Scale Farmers in Kenya. Published. 7 months ago. on. March 5, 2024. By. .
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— Smallholder farmers play a vital role in feeding communities around the world. In Kenya, the CABI-led PlantwisePlus programme is making significant strides to enable these farmers to grow safe and high …
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— Daniel Mwangi, one of the 14,850 farmers farming under the scheme, said they experienced a serious water shortage that saw farmers engage in fist fights before the dam was operationalised. "We would spend nights in the farms trying to get as much water as possible while other farmers slept because it was not available during daytime".
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— • We estimate the effects of climate variability and change on agricultural revenues of small-scale farmers in Kenya.• We use a balanced panel data set collected in 2000, 2004, 2007 and …
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— Agriculture remains the mainstay of the economies of many African countries. Nearly 60% of export earnings are from agriculture, and over 76% of the 987 million Africans living in rural areas are employed in agriculture (FAO 2010).Although agriculture's average contribution to GDP on the continent has been declining over time, …
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— Less than 4% of Kenya's 5,4 billion acres (2,2 billion hectares) of arable land was irrigated, the World Bank said. - Advertisement - This posed a risk to food security and agricultural production in below-average rainfall areas.
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— Equity Bank has implemented a farm inputs subsidy program dubbed the Kenya Cereal Enhancement Programme – Climate-Resilient Agricultural Livelihoods Window (KCEP-CRAL). The scheme is being implemented in partnership with the Government of Kenya, the European Union, and the International Fund for Agricultural …
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— Another example is small-scale tea farmers in Kenya who increased their income by 40% as a result of adopting OF practices (UNEP, 2008). In ... smallscale farmers tend to practice unsustainable farming systems which can lead to more environmental degredation (FAO, 2011). While implementation of OF with an emphasis on local and …
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We used a mixed-method approach to collect data and determine the impacts of Covid-19 on farm input use, agricultural production, access to agricultural information services, and food security among small-scale farmers from Makueni, Nakuru, Siaya, Kakamega, and Bungoma counties in Kenya. A FAO-adapted farm typology was developed …
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