Farming Programs

A comprehensive guide to producing green, yellow, and red capsicum for local markets, supermarkets, and hotels. Covers nursery management, transplanting, staking, integrated pest management, and harvesting. Suitable for greenhouse and open-field production.

A practical watermelon farming guide for Kenya's dry midlands and lowlands (Machakos, Kitui, Kilifi, Kajiado). Covers variety selection, direct sowing, vine management, hand pollination, fruit maturity assessment, and selling at market. Drip irrigation is highly recommended.

A complete guide to growing red or white onions from nursery to harvest and curing. Covers seed bed management, transplanting, bulb formation, thrips and purple blotch management, and curing for long shelf life. Suitable for Kenya's dry zones (Kajiado, Machakos, Meru).

A practical guide to growing sukuma wiki (kale) for both household food security and market income. Covers nursery management, transplanting, fertilisation, pest control, and continuous leaf harvesting for urban and peri-urban farmers across Kenya.

A step-by-step guide to producing marketable round-head cabbages for local Kenyan markets. Covers nursery, transplanting, pest management (with focus on diamondback moth), fertilisation, and timing harvest for peak market prices.

Advanced tomato production in a walk-in tunnel greenhouse. Covers drip fertigation, high-wire trellising, biological pest control, and integrated pest management for premium tomatoes. Targets Kiambu, Nakuru, and Meru greenhouse farmers.

A precision guide to growing Grade 1 French beans for export to the EU and UK markets. Covers MRL-compliant pest management, GlobalGAP food safety documentation, post-harvest cold chain, and links to Nairobi exporters. Ideal for Kirinyaga, Murang'a, and Meru farmers.

A year-one guide for establishing a commercial avocado orchard in Kenya's highland areas (Murang'a, Kiambu, Meru, Kisii). Covers site preparation, grafted seedling sourcing (Hass, Fuerte, Jumbo), planting, irrigation, fertilisation, and initial pest management.

A comprehensive tomato farming guide for open-field production covering variety selection, nursery management, transplanting, irrigation, integrated pest management, and post-harvest handling. Optimised for Kenya's highland and midland growing conditions.