18 September 2026Introduction Your soil may contain plenty of nutrients, yet your crops can still show signs of deficiency. This is because having a nutrient in the soil does not always mean that the plant can access it. Some nutrients become unavailable because of soil pH, fixation, low organic matter, poor soil
16 September 2026Introduction: Why Maize Spacing Matters More Than Many Farmers Think When farmers talk about maize farming, most conversations quickly move to seed varieties, fertilizer, rainfall and expected yields. But there is another decision that can make a major difference in how your maize field performs: Spacing. The distance between maize
16 September 2026Introduction: A Good Maize Harvest Starts at Planting Every maize farmer wants the same thing: a healthy field, strong plants, good cob development and a worthwhile harvest. But a good maize harvest does not begin when the maize starts tasseling. It begins when the seed is placed in the soil.
14 September 2026Cabbage Farming in Kenya: What Does It Take to Grow Big, Firm Heads? Cabbage farming can be a good business for Kenyan farmers. But there is one thing every farmer should understand. You don’t start growing a big cabbage head when the head starts forming. You start much earlier. A
14 September 2026When farmers think about yield, most of us naturally think about what happens close to harvest. We think about the size of the cabbage heads, the number of potato tubers, the weight of onions, the size of maize cobs or how many vegetables we will take to the market. But
