Potato farmers in Rwanda seek subsidies on agro-chemicals
Rwandese smallholder farmers growing Irish Potatoes in the Northern and Western regions have requested the government to extend subsidies on agro-chemicals and...
Kenya to open US $28m fertilizer manufacturing plant
Kenya's first fertiliser manufacturing plant is set
for opening in Nakuru by end of the year, in what is expected to boost farmers'
yields...
Co-operative Bank of Kenya signs US $4.6Bn financing deal with Yara EA
Co-operative Bank of Kenya has signed a US
$4.6Bn financing deal with fertiliser Company Yara East Africa Limited. This is
aimed at facilitating Yara...
oped: Misdiagnosis is a perilous basis for banning crop protection, as Europe proves for...
By Eric Kimungunyi ,CEO Agrochemicals Association of Kenya
There is a device being used rather often lately by our...
New arsenals for fall armyworm control
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) has developed a range of biopesticides, providing farmers in Africa with effective and...
Grolite® is ideal for home vegetable growing and feeding schemes
Grolite from Pratley is an ideal growing medium
An increased awareness of self-sustainable farming practices has resulted...
Liquid Fertilizer LF 600 – With diversity to healthy soils
Modern agriculture and crop farming is plagued by many problems. The species impoverishment of soil life reduces many agricultural soils to their...
Use of Aloe Vera, magadi soda as EVM in animal healthcare and management
Ethno-veterinary Medicine (EVM) stands for the belief, knowledge, practices and skills relating to animal healthcare and management, and is as ancient...
Industry has pesticides ready for locust spraying, as swarms threaten on delays
Kenya has the pesticides to tackle the country’s locust invasion ready and stored in local warehouses, the Agrochemicals Association of Kenya...
Oped :Government draws up new regulations on pest control safety labelling
By Eric Kimunguyi, CEO, Agrochemicals
Association of Kenya
If any of us were given a warning by
an alien, in a...