The annual Mau Narok Cereal Growers Association (CGA) farmer field day is an annual field event where CGA brings farmers together to learn new farming technologies and to interact with exhibiting stakeholders. This year, CGA organized the field day in partnership with East Africa Malting Ltd (EAML), Syngenta East Africa Ltd, Bayer crop Science, BASF and the Ministries of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, in Narok…
Since inception, Cereal Growers Association (CGA) has worked with over 160,000 farmers. Out of the 160,000 farmers ninety five percent (95%) are small holder farmers. Since agriculture in Kenya is a devolved function, county governments have undertaken the mandate of providing extension services to farmers. However, this is only a drop in the ocean as the public sector ratio of front-line extension workers to farmers…
Pesticides are an integral part of any agricultural activity. Pesticide packaging varies from plastic containers, metallic drums as well as polythene. Due to the frequency in which farmers use pesticides on their farm, there is a high environmental and public health risk. The risk stems from improperly disposing Empty Pesticide Containers (EPCs). In many developing countries, Kenya included, farmers are unaware of the health and…
Over the years, farmers have been grappling with a shortage of clean potato seeds affecting production of the crop. But this should be a thing of the past as seeds growers adopt new technologies, one which was showcased recently at a potato fair at the Wambugu Agriculture Training Centre in Nyeri. The technology is known as rooted apical cutting, and is aimed at addressing the…
Cartels have exploited loopholes in vetting channels to access Government-subsidised fertiliser, which they are now selling to maize farmers at a higher price. Unscrupulous traders are said to have compromised the vetting committees charged with identifying genuine farmers to enable them to buy the input at a subsidised price of Sh1, 500 from the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) stores. The cartels are allegedly…
For many years, Mwea Irrigation Scheme farmers have grappled with disposing of rice stalks and husks, which take a long time to decompose. For more than 60 years, since the formation of the Mwea Irrigation Board, farmers have had to burn the stalks and husks, which presents another challenge – producing too much ash. This will no longer be the case after it emerged that…
By Christopher Mutisya With Kenya being a food deficit country importing up to 20% of its annual cereal requirements, the improvement of cereal and pulse production remains constrained by climate change effects arising from poor adoption of improved seed varieties, inefficient water and soil management, inefficient fertilizer use, lack of conservation agriculture practices, inadequate crop diversification coupled with poor access to agromet information. According to…
Cereals Growers Association (CGA) is a national non-profit member-based farmer organization incorporated in August 1996. Its main purpose is to bring together commercial cereal farmers to promote collective action for the sustained improvement of their farming enterprises and in addressing industry challenges in Kenya.
Cereals Growers Association (CGA) is a national non-profit member-based farmer organization incorporated in August 1996. Its main purpose is to bring together commercial cereal farmers to promote collective action for the sustained improvement of their farming enterprises and in addressing industry challenges in Kenya.
