AGRIBUSINESS

Poultry farmers are now crossing indigenous chicken with commercial hybrid birds (broilers and layers) to produce the so-called ‘improved indigenous chickens’. It is a desperate breeding practice aimed at producing birds that have rapid growth rates, high egg production and...

With its udder seemingly about to burst, the dairy cow named Kayole leaves its shed walking in measured steps as if it is in a beauty contest. It stands at a wheelbarrow full of hay on the farm in Naivasha...

The long rains season has started, and as expected, it is time for farmers to plant maize – the country’s staple. The first step towards obtaining good maize harvest is ensuring that the farm is well-ploughed and ready for planting....

In 2002, Richard Randa handed his resignation letter to his employer after 20 years of working in both local and international horticultural firms. A burning desire to start his own horticultural farm drove him to mango farming. Armed with...

It has not been easy for fish farmer John Muthui Mbiriri who ventured into fish farming in mid-2011. For the last two years, he has been struggling to earn money from fish but things have not been working. Mbiriri went...

The over 10 calves graze leisurely on the 26-acre farm in Siongiroi, Bomet County. A shepherd watches keenly from a distance and then moves close to one of the cows with a small trough filled with dairy meal. The...

Michael Njuguna moves around the quarter-acre dairy farm quietly checking everything, from the footbath, to the milk produced and the cows’ mood. He also checks the animals’ teeth and the colour of their dung as a worker in tow takes...

Former Miss Kenya Cecilia Mwangi’s mother has been found murdered at their Sango Farm in Kitale, Trans Nzoia County. The body of Mrs. Sarah Mwangi, 59, was retrieved from her chicken house on Monday evening, bringing to an end...