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    Inside Kakuzi: How To Harvest Avocado
    Avocado is a nutritious fruit to consumers and source of income however a bigger proportion is lost post harvest because many farmer have little or no skills on how best the crop is harvested. Learning how to harvest avocado reduces post harvest losses resulting into increased income to farmers. Tools required during the process are […]
    Duration: 00:17:23
    How to prune – Canopy management for mango
    Pruning of mango trees is important in a number of ways. The biggest challenge is answering questions like what should be cut off, where, when and how. Ideally, pruning starts after the trees have been planted and this is called training pruning. During pruning, cut off vertical growing branches in the middle to create space […]
    Duration: 00:04:17
    Inside Kakuzi: How To Plant An Avocado Seedling
    Avocado is an important nutritious food both to farmers and consumers for food and income generation. Planting avocado plant is easy and requires simple steps and knowledge. Planting steps Select site with good drainage and loam or slightly sandy soils as opposed to black and clay soils with poor drainage causing roots to rot. Secondly […]
    Duration: 00:16:40
    Why to prune – The idea behind small mango trees
    Pruning is the selective removal of certain parts of certain parts of trees in order to improve its health as well as health and quantity of fruits. Pruning produces small trees which are shorter and with an open canopy while un pruned trees are about six metres high and the canopy is always dense. Pruned […]
    Duration: 00:19:08
    BBS control for mango farmers
    Mango growing is being affected by different diseases which reduces the ability of farmers to produce. Mango growing requires farmers to know the challenges. Bacteria black spot weakens branches and cause fruit drop. BBS identification It is identified by presence of black spots, black cracks, and rough cracks on leaves, young shoots and mature branches. […]
    Duration: 00:11:46
    Pruning tool; How to make a clean cut
    More diseases have affected trees due to poor pruning skills which cause heavy wounds on them and increasing the chances of infection. Farmers should use tools which have right sharpness and durability. Making a clean cut Secateurs; these are used for tipping off lateral branches. Loppers tool; is used to trim water lateral shoots. The […]
    Duration: 00:12:39
    How to Inject Chicken/Poultry with newcastle/ranikhetVaccine
    Newcastle is a virus disease that can only be prevented and not treated. It can be controlled by vaccinating the birds at different stages. There are two types of vaccines: oral vaccine and lasota vaccine. When using the oral vaccine, mix the dosage by breaking the lid and opening the cover in water. Use water […]
    Duration: 00:10:35
    Tips on How much Money/Budget You Need To Start a Layers Farm
    To start a poultry farm with a structure already in place and a capacity of 500 chicks, you need a total costs of 10,937.75 dollars. 500 day old chicks costs 1 dollar each. Majority of the total costs is capital costs which will not be incurred in subsequent productions. Structures To make a brooder, you […]
    Duration: 00:13:40
    Cheaper organic chicken medication
    Chickens are rich in protein and help to generate income, they get sick often through drinking dirty water, unclean surroundings and eating improper food. Common diseases affecting chickens are diarrhoea, new castle, fowl pox and nutritious deficiencies. Sick chickens look dull and refuse to eat, their wattles and comb look pale, they remove discharge from […]
    Duration: 00:08:15
    Symptoms and control of banana xanthomonas wilt disease (BXW)
    Banana is an important source of food and income to farmers however it is greatly affected by the banana xanthomonas wilt disease (BXW) that reduces yields and cause losses. Approach to control BXW depends on the level of infection that is to say if the infection is less than 20% cut out infected plants and […]
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