Fruit trees for arid and semi-arid areas

Crop

Can I grow fruits in arid or semi-arid like environment? This was a question from a regular reader. The answer is yes. In fact, there are a number of fruits that perfectly apt for a desert-like environment. These fruits can tolerate drought and mature into attractive fruits for your consumption and for the market. Thorn melon

By George Mbakaya | 1 week ago

Alert! 5 top rainy season diseases

Bacterial soft rots damage succulent plant parts such as fruits, tubers, stems and bulbs of plants in nearly every plant family.

By George Mbakaya | 2 weeks ago

Farmers reject tea and coffee as they opt for avocados, bananas

Farming of the two crops has become lucrative to an extent that some farmers have been moving to expansive land

By Eric Abuga | 3 weeks ago

Top 16 nutrients that crops need

Nutrient deficiency occurs when a plant lacks a sufficient quantity of an essential nutrient required for growth

By George Mbakahya | 3 weeks ago

24 | May | 2021

Report: Climate threat brewing for tea crop

A new report shows Kenya is facing a host of climate-related impacts such as rising temperatures that hurt tea farmers

By Farm Kenya Reporter

17 | May | 2021

How 28-year-old graduate runs thriving tree tomato farm in Meru

Former Economics student who ditched white-collar job for tree tomato farming in Meru county is now making a profit

By Phares Mutembei

17 | May | 2021

CS Matiang'i warns former tea factory directors who refuse to leave office

Former tea factory directors have been cautioned against wrangles ailing smallholder factories and KTDA

By Paul Kangethe

12 | May | 2021

Lessons from organic farmers who dared to dream big

The global market for organic food is estimated to be worth $100 billion.

By Peter Muiruri

11 | May | 2021

Macadamia farmers count losses as prices drop

Ngige has now left his macadamia trees unattended after the prices dropped to Sh19 per kilo.

By Lydiah Nyawira

02 | May | 2021

Insurer pays farmers who lose crops to bad weather

The key to the firm’s success is affordability: farmers can insure their crops with Pula for as little as $5 to $10.

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