Banana Growers Association of Kenya

31/08/2015

something to learn from Mozambique banana marketing..

In less than five years, technology and vessel service has boosted an up-and-coming farm, turning it into a banana exporting engine ready to enter new market...

13/05/2015

A group of banana farmers marketing their produce.

13/08/2014

More photos from Embu County BGAK field, sensitising farmers on clean planting materials, selling bananas by weight and value addition.

17/06/2014

Known as Fhia 17 variety, it stands at over 1.5 metres tall and produces very large bananas.

03/06/2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25OIKGzZZIY

29/04/2014

http://www.thepeople.co.ke/70287/disease-threatens-farmersprospects/

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28/04/2014

Be aware!!
Banana bacterial wilt that is sweeping through the continent, Africa. Though it has not been reported in Kenya, Farmers need to take precaution and report any signs and symptoms of the disease to the nearest Ministry of Agriculture, KARI offices or any other relevant institutions.

01/04/2014

http://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/money/FARMERS-QUIT-coffee-FOR-high-return-bananas/-/435440/2232694/-/9woeatz/-/index.html

After many years of getting meagre returns from coffee, a group of farmers in Kirinyaga and Embu counties have started growing high-yielding banana variety.

01/04/2014

http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Rich-pickings-for-small-scale-tissue-culture-bananas-farmers/-/539550/2243676/-/jv2d1e/-/index.html

Mary Muhia has always been a farmer. When she got married and moved into her husband’s home in 1975 in Kirinyaga County, she continued to till the land. Her hard knuckles and rough palms show how hard she has worked for close to four decades.

01/04/2014

http://allafrica.com/stories/201403060750.html?page=3

allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience

01/04/2014

Tissue Culture bananas transforming lives of kenyan banana farmers.
http://www.trust.org/item/20140328233516-kyph2/?source=hptop

As middle-men reduce the profits from coffee, some farmers are turning to growing bananas, even though their need for water may make them less than climate-smart

13/03/2014

A past event with Juliani and the Kirinyaga County youths...they have gone banana about bananas. Youths lets do agriculture!!