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…

Which Fencing Plants in Kenya Make the Best Hedges

Are you a homeowner or landscaper looking for the best plants for the safe life fences? In our list, we have listed ten of the best ones that are widely used in Kenya’s rural and urban areas.
They are loved for their privacy, safety from trespass, security and beautiful hedges?

Agribyte: How Ardhisasa land system works

Farmers in Kenya can now easily search, buy, lease and sell a piece of land on a real-time basis. It’s after the launch of the ardhisasa, a national land information management system (NLIMS). The paperless system aim is to enhance efficiency and reduce transaction time and “facilitation fees” to middlemen in land transactions. A pilot…