Herdsman Farm Stories

The story of Mr. Murimi Three years ago I met a new friend Murimi a year-old businessman who had decided to retire after a long illustrious business carrier as an animal feeds processor. He had made money, built a state of the art retirement home in a posh neighborhood, and rented out his manufacturing firm to a long term investor for a huge sum of money. In his hands he had twenty million, which he decided to invest in a quiet retirement scheme; Farming. He went back to his ancestral farm a few kilometers away, and after sketchy research settled on dairy and pig production. And investing he did. Fencing off the farm, clearing, establishing a twenty cows stall unit, a two hundred pigs piggery, farm office fully fitted. It was an amazing ideal Enterprise that I and everyone would savor. A few months down the line I took a farmer to Murimi's farm to purchase a few pig breeders and I couldn't help but fall in love with the radiance. The success was just photographic. Fast forward

  This farming innovation involves production of crops in an artificial micro ecosystem using a special structure called a green house .Green house production allows farmers to increase production by quality and quantity through isolating them in micro-climates that provide ideal conditions for optimum crop growth. To create this micro climate the farmer should understand the specific crop requirements,and then, as basic as it sounds, provide it for them. This provides an oasis for crops supplying enough light, air flow, humidity, and optimum temperature. If well implemented green houses green houses can be a low cost solution to high production even in place with harsh climates or other external risks as pest infestation. Requirements of a good green house. Plants just like people have different tastes and preferences. The farmer should thus take the needs into consideration when setting up the green house, however there are general considerations applied to all green houses. These ar

  T hey used to say that,to be a good farmer ' one must learn to feed his family on the promises of a better harvest next year.' Then farming involved sweat and bruising days in the farm with each harvest pegged on successful rainy season,or a more considerate broker. But its not so anymore. Today a new sensation is blowing across the world, farming is cool, its the new norm.. 'yani ndio rieng' . Welcome as we share interesting stories from the farm. We shall talk through young innovators coming up with exciting farming models, aeroculture in practice, hydrophonics, technology in produce marketing,value addition and  a host of other exciting developments in agripreneureship that will make you want to take off the suit and go farming including simple do it yourself experiences. Let's do this guys.