Vertical farming in Kenya: What you need to know

How can you grow enough food for self-consumption and sale within urban areas?  In this blog article, we will discuss various vertical farming methods that are available for cheap food growing for urban people.  Urbanization is a key threat to food security. As more people migrate to towns, they buy small residential plots that are…

Best pumpkins varieties that are easy to grow.

Pumpkins are a nutritious and healthy meal. Its fruits are mature for harvest in 75 to 120 days after seed germination. We give the best pumpkin varieties for cooking and easy to grow in the following list. It shows the maturity time, yield potential (weight, fruit diameter) and other features like best use, tolerance and…

Do Cereals Business in Kenya Make Money?

Wondering how profitable is a cereal business in Kenya? As a grain trader, your work is to buy, store, dry, re-bag, and transport them at a profit. In this free guide, we help you with a step-by-step method of how to establish a successful cereals business in Kenya’s big towns such as Nairobi, Kisumu, or…

What you need to know about agriculture projects?

Agcenture is launching a new segment on topics covering sustainable agriculture projects. As a preeminent consulting firm in the area, we will share our best practices, learning and experiences working in Kenya. We are an advisory firm offering business development services for business services for development partners funding, executing or partnering urban gardening projects, community…

Agriculture laws and policies in Kenya

Which are the current laws and policies with a direct or indirect effect on agriculture in Kenya? This article is a mini compendium of all the rules and regulations that has an influence on prices of farm inputs and outputs, public investment, allocation of resources with a net effect on costs and revenues that farmers…

How to keep 1-day old chicks warm without electricity

How can you keep your chicks warm during a blackout or power outage? A slight interruption in power supply can cause unrecoverable farm losses if you are in commercial chicken farming. In the worst case scenarios, you can be a remote farmer without connections to a power line. In this article, we give you solutions…

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