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2 very different agro-climatic conditions. Bute area is one of the biggest sorghum producing areas in kenya

It's now a blessing to people of mbeere north to get rid of that Ruku

Prices aren't so bad still, bought this week at kes 300/kg. Meaning farm gate is still atleast 150/kg. And again cost/margins in agriculture vary a lot from farmer to farmer

Of a slightly different opinion, With increased production, price must come down, and also price of planting materials come down due to increased production. So what is happening is ideally a balancing of the demand & supply. With that the fruit becomes a normal priced fruit. Other plants like...

Not many things you can do in Kenya are achievable without taking a loan

A lot of millionaire farmers in mwea, the mwea irrigation scheme is also highly productive

Very true, people don't understand difference between crop water requirements and irrigation water requirement

Drip irrigation is definitely water efficient, but not necessarily water productive. Drip will have an application efficiency of about 90%, so comparing with other application techniques, sprinklers and surface, is the most efficient

More theoretical than practical

I use a 0.37 KW electric submersible on 1 acre, hoses are max 17m long and but run about 3-4 at a time

Rain hose needs higher flow, lower pressure okay. Would advice to cut the run by 2 to 22.5, consider a pump with outlet atleast 2.5inch-3 inch. Offtake with Tee-connection rather than saddle clamps. Check out a shop called irriguru, they are at MSA road, athiriver. They have a 75mm diameter...

Write one on garlic

Alto zifike 300 tuchukue za daily drive, juu consumption pia iko chini chini

Kenya generally has got low wind speeds, kuna a wind atlas https://globalwindatlas.info/en/ you can use with the wind generator specifications, still feel that we can get more utilization of small scale wind generators.

Again, very good information. Thanks