Just last year, in September, we got an invitation by Bill and Melinda Gates to attend the Goalkeepers 2019 event in New York. The Goalkeepers initiative brings together a diverse and influential community of leaders and innovators committed to achieving...
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...
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...
Hydroponics- A newly practiced age old tradition Aside from light, air, warmth and carbon dioxide, plants need water and nutrients for growth. Hydroponic systems deliver just that. It is an old practice that dates back to the Aztecs and Babylonians. The Aztecs...
Elimination of guesswork in farming with a simple soil test Soil test is the analysis of soil samples to determine the nutrient and contamination levels, composition, and other characteristics such as the acidity or pH level. Soils contain the nutrients,...
“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we are curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths”– Walt Disney Farming success stories have become the new-age form of seduction for most investors. Farmers...
Illuminum Greenhouses Kenya was privileged to facilitate a one-day training that covered areas around the different aspects on Agriculture. These were management of farms and local markets, farm management software, crop husbandry, contract farming and export market and later on for the field...
The Seedstars World Summit 2016 was a colorful and exciting event filled with breakout sessions, panel discussions and specialized workshops and meeting with the best minds from the fast growing startup scenes all over the world, where growth takes place because we are an...
Happy New Year! We are excited about this new year given the impressive achievements we had in 2015, we hope and believe to even achieve more this 2016 with your support. Starting on a high note, Illuminum Greenhouses Kenya has been...
