AGRICULTURE AND MODERN FARMING

Early this year, water was scarce, there was draught and Unga was a trending topic in  #Kenya . From March this year the story changed and there was arguably the highest rainfall recorded in decades. There were floods in almost every part of this country  and land slides in central Kenya. The story of Unga change to bounty harvest  and Low maize prices. Water might be consider and curse and a blessing in Kenya due to lack of sustainable plans to manage it in wet and dry season. Water harvesting , recycling and proper usage should be as important as any infrastructure project. It is a resource that cause disunity as experienced from Murang'a and Nairobi tassle over Ndakaini. If water is properly used by both urban users and farmer, the Johannesburg water scarcity story will be fictional tale to us.

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Poultry farming in Kenya has evolved from traditional small scale chicken keeping to a fully commercialized industry. The growth I this sector has been catalyzed by increased consumption due to population growth and the white meat campaign from nutritionists. Increased land fragmentation has made farmers to resolve to ventures that have highest economic benefits per area and poultry farming one of them. In spite of the growing demand, interested chicken farmers are usually scared by the risks involved especially in the first month. The risk varies from layers, broilers and dual Purpose. Various types of poultry diseases can cause serious loss in the poultry farming business. Diseases occur due to lack of proper care and management, inadequate nutritious feeding and some other factors. Chicken diseases can be categories in three 1.       Contagious Diseases : They spread from affected bird to healthy ones ·    ...