Would you ditch the beauty industry for vegetable farming? Well that is exactly what one lady in Kiambu County did and has never looked back. Hope Wanjiru is one of the young farmers growing crops under the hydroponics system and together with her group, they have managed to secure contracts with large firms supplying them with lettuce and tomatoes every season. Denis Otieno has more on this week’s smart farm.






Citizen TV is Kenya's leading television station commanding an audience reach of over 60% and in its over 12 years of existence as a pioneer brand for the Royal Media Services (RMS), it has set footprints across the country leaving no region uncovered.

This is your ideal channel for the latest and breaking news, top stories, politics, business, sports, lifestyle and entertainment from Kenya and around the world.

Follow us:
http://citizentv.co.ke
https://twitter.com/citizentvkenya
https://www.facebook.com/Citizentvkenya
https://plus.google.com/+CitizenTVKenya
https://instagram.com/citizentvkenya

Meet Peter Chege; CEO - Hydroponics Africa. He left employment to venture into Hydroponics back in 2013, a concept of soilless agriculture which was new to many at the time. 7 Years later, he has expanded his operations into East Africa and other regions. What is your risk appetite? Would you take such a risk?
Visit their website for more details. https://hydroponicskenya.com/

Only about a third of Nigeria is arable land, according to World Bank figures. This falls way short of the land needed for food production. Nigeria also gets some of the world's lowest crop yields per square meter. But a lab near Lagos aims to change farming techniques and, crucially, make farming young again. Entrepreneur Samson Ogbole has set up his own farms using aeropnic and hydroponic farming methods that use water and fertilizer to grow crops in compact areas. And he has a rapt young class of students to teach!

#DWAfrica #Nigeria #The77Percent #Farming

Hydroponics is the pioneer initiator and leader of hydroponic farming systems in East Africa.
It enables farmers to achieve predictable and highly nutritious yields for vegetables and produce their own animal feed at limited cost of input.
With hydroponics the farmer is unaffected by seasons and adverse weather conditions.
www.farmers.co.ke is the site for authoritative multimedia agricultural and agribusiness content.
Visit us today for farming news, agribusiness tips, practical expert advice and industry updates.
For farming, tips send the word FARMERS to 22071 (no charges)
JOIN FB GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FarmK...
Follow us on Twitter: https://www.instagram.com/farmkenya254/
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FarmKenya254
WATCH KTN FARMERS TV ON BAMBA, PANG, GOTV, STARTIMES AND ALL FREE TO AIR SET-TOP BOXES
#Hydroponics #FarmersTV

Hydroponics is the pioneer initiator and leader of hydroponic farming systems in East Africa.
It enables farmers to achieve predictable and highly nutritious yields for vegetables and produce their own animal feed at limited cost of input.
With hydroponics the farmer is unaffected by seasons and adverse weather conditions.
www.farmers.co.ke is the site for authoritative multimedia agricultural and agribusiness content.
Visit us today for farming news, agribusiness tips, practical expert advice and industry updates.
For farming, tips send the word FARMERS to 22071 (no charges)
JOIN FB GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FarmK...
Follow us on Twitter: https://www.instagram.com/farmkenya254/
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FarmKenya254
WATCH KTN FARMERS TV ON BAMBA, PANG, GOTV, STARTIMES AND ALL FREE TO AIR SET-TOP BOXES
#Hydroponics #FarmersTV

Zimbabwe's facing its worst drought in more than a century. The crisis is spurring the need for innovative farming ideas, and some are turning to hydroponics. Adesewa Josh reports.
#ZimbabweDrought #Hydroponics #FoodAid


Subscribe: http://trt.world/subscribe
Livestream: http://trt.world/ytlive
Facebook: http://trt.world/facebook
Twitter: http://trt.world/twitter
Instagram: http://trt.world/instagram
Visit our website: http://trt.world

Don't forget to subscribe: https://bit.ly/2Hb8hjx

Watch more interesting videos: https://bit.ly/34ogCaw

Follow Channels Television On:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/channelsforum/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/channelstv
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chan....nelstelevision/?hl=e

Get more news on our website: https://www.channelstv.com/

#ChannelsTv

After years of talks, July 7 2019, marks the date when 54 individual African states signed the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, effectively making Africa the world’s largest free trade area by number of countries since the formation of the World Trade Organization. The goal of this was to establish a single continent-wide market for goods and services across 54 countries, allow the free movement of business travelers and investments, and spur economic growth and development, similar to how the European Union created a single market out of many different individual states. By increasing regional trade, lowering trade costs and streamlining border procedures, full implementation of the pact would be a huge step forward for Africa, demonstrating to the world that it is emerging as a leader in global trade. And So what if this giant African market gives rise to a new country.. A fusion of all 55 countries into one massive un-partitioned state called the United States of Africa?

For over two decades, Somalia was at war with itself, a legitimate government was overthrown in 1991, plunging the nation into a deadly civil war. Amid the power vacuum warlords tore apart the Horn of Africa nation, and Somalia’s waters became free-for-all as unlicensed foreign fishing fleets went on an illegal fishing frenzy.

Foreign trawlers have been illegally taking millions of tonnes of Somalia’s fish denying the country millions of dollars in revenue and stirring deep-seated frustrations in local Somalis and eventually morphed into one of the world’s most dangerous maritime security threats that made Somalia's coastline one of the most dangerous in the world.

There is little doubt amongst Somalis that conflicts like these provided the original impetus for what became the piracy phenomenon. In the local setting, illegal fishing, and the economic damage it inflicted, left traditional fishing communities so angered and impoverished that they began attacking the illegal fishing vessels, acting as a sort of militia coast guard.

However, criminal gangs subsequently saw the profit potential and started hijacking more valuable commercial ships unconnected to illegal fishing. Thus the scourge of Somali piracy in the Gulf of Aden was born.

Low taxes have drawn many foreign companies to Mauritius and account for a huge portion of the country's $16 billion GDP. Mauritius is one of Africa's richest countries on per capita basis. However Mauritius long been shadowed by financial secrecy, with the island’s government overseeing LEGAL but QUESTIONABLE processes that have allowed global companies to siphon millions of tax dollars away from other African nations.