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Farming is the most important economic sector in Kenya [4], although less than 8 percent of the land is used for crop and feed production, and less than 20 percent is suitable for cultivation. Kenya is a leading producer of tea [ 5 ] and coffee [ 6 ] , as well as the third-leading exporter of fresh produce, such as cabbages, onions and mangoes.
Dairy farming is also widely practiced in Vihiga. Western Kenya has many large factories, including sugar processing plants (4 factories). The largest of these is Mumias Sugar, based at Mumias, to the west of Kakamega. This factory produces the dominant sugar brand in Kenya and is an economic success story.
Opportunities exist in agriculture, particularly dairy and crop farming thanks to fertile soil and good weather. The county had a successful cashew nut milling industry. [14] Maize and cassava are the main subsistence crops and the main cash crops grown in the county include coconuts, cashew nuts, sisal, citrus fruits, mangoes and pineapples .
The tastings are part of the fun at the farm, but they also are critical to the company's success. Visitors test flavors that stray far from popular chocolate milk. For Valentine's Day the company ...
Brookside Dairies is the largest milk processing company in Kenya, [4] [5] where it controls 45 percent of the dairy market, as at January 2016. [6] [5] The company's products, including fresh and powdered milk, yogurt and butter, [7] are distributed in the East African countries of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
The most common livestock kept in the large-scale commercial farms are dairy and beef cattle, goat and sheep, with milk, meat, hide and skin, wool and mutton as their main products. The diversity and success of agriculture in the County is underscored by the presence of even horse-breeding, at Suswa Farm in Njoro Division.
Dairy farming is a class of agriculture for the long-term production of milk, which is processed (either on the farm or at a dairy plant, either of which may be called a dairy) for the eventual sale of a dairy product. Dairy farming has a history that goes back to the early Neolithic era, around the seventh millennium BC, in many regions of ...
Githunguri is an agricultural town in central Kenya's Central Province. [1] It is one of the administrative centres of Kiambu County and home to one of East Africa's largest dairy processing plant Fresha, which is owned by a farmers co-operative, Githunguri Dairy farmers cooperative Society. [2] Most of the financial institutions have a ...