How can you make more farmers profits in Kenya?

Agriculture marketing is the key challenge for smallholder farmers in Kenya  As a result, farmers profits are low while the post-harvest food losses are high. Farmers lack access to markets, buyers, demand and prices. Their investments in transport and processing are low. They act individually, limiting their bargaining power and influence in the market. They end up relying on…

How much money do kale farmers make in Kenya?

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…

10 best Agribusiness ideas in urban farming

In addition to growing crops and rearing animals profitably, this article outlines 10 business ideas in urban farming. The ideas are fit individual, group or company investors.  To explore them, we will make two assumptions about the urban agriculture sector; First, urban farming is a complex system with various inputs and outputs. The inputs include…

How to make money providing agriculture machines in Kenya

Can the low use of agriculture machines across Africa be a profitable business idea for you? The adoption of mechanization in agriculture can boost farmers’ yields and profits along with time and cost savings. However, poverty makes it economically unfeasible for many small-scale farmers to purchase, hire, or lease expensive equipment independently The solution is…

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