DIY (Do It Yourself). Today I’m take you through simple steps on how to construct your own earthen fish pond for rearing fish. The size will depend on farmer’s preference and affordability, or the number of fish a farmer intends to rear. And a pond for farm use for example may be as small as […]
One day my big bro handed me a ripe purple passion fruit to eat started with 16 plants of passion fruit to eat. I wished it, cut it open into halves and while eating the tasty first half, a thought occurred to me. Why don’t you take out some seeds and plant your own? And
You may be wondering what I mean by remote farming. Remote farming is what most wannabe farmers in urban areas are practicing today. You may refer to it as mobile farming or ‘telecommuting farming’. Here’s an example for you: Tom in Nairobi sees an attractive farm post online of someone allegedly earning big money from
Farming has proven to be a lucrative venture for many people in Kenya today, and with the current unemployment crisis with more graduands hitting the job market, many more people will be joining in the future. And as a young farmer already in this fast growing industry of agribusiness, I welcome them with open arms.
Doing this post for the benefit of those people who are daily enquiring about agribusiness. My Twitter inbox is full of questions like: how do I join agribusiness (like it’s a club); what do I need to start farming; how much capital do I need to start farming; how much capital do I need to
No one wants to be a farmer; only a few. The rest are forced by circumstances. Like in Africa, lack of employment which forces people to try farming in an effort to earn a living. Unfortunately these group doesn’t perform well in this field for various reasons: lack of passion, lack of funds, etcetera. They
The past few days I have been feeling sick, felt lots of pains in joints and headaches, and at first I had thought it was just fatigue from the great farming job I have done since my return from the city that would soon go away. But it got worse, I had a fever and
This is one of the most queried issues on the internet today when it comes to agribusiness. It means one thing: people want to delve into agribusiness; farming for money, to earn a living but are skeptical because they luck sufficient information which is vital in helping them make good decisions. That’s where we (Money
