We are protecting farmers. Yes, the farmers that are important to our livelihoods because they will provide the food we need to get through each day. That’s how we are looking at this pandemic. We recognize that with the constantly...
Its been actually a year since we first launched our product greenhouse plus+ and so we thought, why not share the lessons we have learnt over the past 1 year. Lesson 1: Less is more! Farmers have a lot of...
Over the years as our organisation grew, we focused entirely on the greenhouse construction and went deep into this but as we got successful in construction, our clients suffered on matters concerning inputs and not to mention failures in market...
Export of crops in Kenya has grown over the past years from cash crops such as tea, coffee, pyrethrum to “nontraditional crops”. Nontraditional crops are defined as Crops that are not part of the customary diet of the local population. The...
The availability of readily grown seedlings has led to the dilemma of which one of the 2, Seeds or Seedlings, is better. Truth is, they both have their pros and cons. The usage, however, depends on the situation or the...
Over the past few months, there has been an introduction of the concept nunua-ploti-na-greenhouse. The idea of owning a plot and a greenhouse from which your plot starts paying off from the sale of horticultural crops grown in the greenhouse....
rowing the same crop year-in-year-out builds up levels of any soil borne pathogen of that crop that may be present. The population gradually accumulates such that it becomes difficult to grow that crop without yield losses. Farmers may resort the...
here’s a call for farmers to embrace sustainable agricultural practices. Sustainable agricultural practices ensure food safety and protection of the environment. An example of sustainable agricultural practices is Integrated Farming. Integrated farming combines resources from both plants and animals in...
quaponics is a combination of hydroponics and aquaculture. Simply put, it’s the growing of plants and rearing of fish in the same space. This system can be customised to fit any kind of space; from that small space in your...
What do I plant? This is a common question asked by aspiring farmers. This question is normally followed by a series of questions, Will it do well? Is there a ready market? What are the returns? One of the things...
