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31/10/2025

Farmbiz Africa is spotlighting top agriculture job openings this week, from programme manager in Nairobi to farm manager in Kiambu.

On https://farmbizafrica.com/roundup-agriculture-jobs-in-kenya-31st-oct-2025/ we share 22 job vacancies in the agricultural field and details on how to apply.

31/10/2025

Three Kenyan engineers are ending broken grain losses building maize dehusking machines from local metals.

On https://farmbizafrica.com/nakuru-engineers-build-maize-shelling-machines-earning-farmers-50-more-per-sack/ we report how farmers doubled earnings from Sh2,500 to Sh5,000 per sack using Hopeita machines that run on diesel, petrol, biogas, solar, or electricity, working anywhere the farmers are.

30/10/2025

ChickWorld broke away from Sh7500 feeds by giving chicks crushed eggshells to eat. The shells added calcium for the chicks’ bones stopping their legs from bending and collapsing.

On https://farmbizafrica.com/chickworld-cuts-feed-costs-and-chick-deaths-with-crushed-eggshell-feed/ we give how much calcium they need, the % of chicks saved and when to feed shells.

29/10/2025

Our review of maize seeds shows yields ranging from 13 sacks an acre as high as 49 sacks an acre, just from the choice of seed. We looked at 25 seeds available online in Kenya meaning any farmer can get the most productive seed for their region, and skip to a different seed when drought is forecast.

On https://farmbizafrica.com/seed-review-farmers-losing-1-3rd-or-more-of-countrys-maize-harvest-on-wrong-seed-choice/ we give the costs, yields and special problems that the different seeds solve

28/10/2025

Baraka Farm is boosting its animal's health with Purple Napier, which has a chemical that protects it from drought and pests and protects the animals too. The tough, medicinal grass is keeping imilk, eggs and meat at peak levels through the dry and cold seasons.

On https://farmbizafrica.com/purple-napier-grass-boosts-milk-meat-and-egg-production-even-in-dry-seasons/ we report its uses and results from the grass and how it outperforms other feeds.

27/10/2025

Wycliffe is ending deadly poultry flea infestations with grease and Sevin Powder. The fleas can kill half the flock, blind them and make them anemic. But milk jelly suffocates the fleas.

On https://farmbizafrica.com/livestock-officer-ends-deadly-poultry-flea-outbreaks-with-grease-and-powder/ Wycliffe shares his three-step approach, a routine that ensures the final fumigation ends the problem.

24/10/2025

A HomaBay extension officer claims Lake Victoria farmers are earning Sh3m per fish cage. Letifa Yusuf said this is the solution to the lake’s declining wild fish stocks

On https://farmbizafrica.com/homs-bay-farmers-making-sh3m-per-%c2%bd-year-from-fish-farming-cages/ Letifa explains how the cages can last up to ten years, with larger cages holding as many as 35,000 fingerlings.

24/10/2025

Neem’s powerful chemicals for pest control can kill bees and livestock if used in strong doses. Derick has halved his vegetable losses to armyworms and aphids, while Shamim keeps ticks off her goats with neem but used carelessly, it can turn toxic..

On https://farmbizafrica.com/powerful-neem-for-pest-control-and-soils-can-poison-bees-and-livestock/ we report on the safe steps farmers can take to protect their crops, insects, and livestock from neem’s potential toxicity

23/10/2025

Grace Akinyi finally got bulk millet contracts by forming a coop, after years of selling it a tin at a time. Now she sells to milers, restaurants and schools as has doubled her income

On https://farmbizafrica.com/ugunja-farmers-double-millet-income-as-cooperative-selling-to-miller/ Grace shares on how she lifted her income from Sh70 per kilo to upto Sh150 through a small grains cooperative

23/10/2025

Esther stopped birds and mice halving her beans seedlings with cheap mesh, making one planting enough for the whole season instead of sometimes three

On https://farmbizafrica.com/migori-farmers-stop-mice-and-birds-halving-seedlings-with-netting-tunnels-and-traps/ we report on how she stopped multiple replantings each season, saving upto Sh4000 per seedbed

22/10/2025

Jackson Amoeba’s homemade maize stalk silage has lifted his cow’s milk 50% taking his dairy earnings to Sh1/4 million a month.

On On https://farmbizafrica.com/migori-farmer-triples-milk-income-making-own-maize-stalk-silage/ Jackson shares how he makes the silage, saving Sh2000 he used to spend daily on hay and dairy meal.

21/10/2025

Farmbiz Africa is proud to be the only shortlisted entrant from East Africa for The Hague Innovator Award.This nomination celebrates the work we do, including our free Farm School underway, which will educate and inform smallholder farmers across Africa.

Help us bring this award home for farmers like Thiong'o Gachie, Bettie Kirugi, Isaac Lihanda, hopeite machinery and Tum Kirwa
Please take a minute to vote for us here: https://www.impactcity.nl/en/votenow/

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