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Kenya is a net exporter of fish, mainly Nile perch and its by-products from Lake Victoria to Netherlands, Israel, Portugal, UAE, Australia and China.
Most of fish and fish products consumed locally in Kenya are Omena, Nile Perch, Tilapia and Catfish either from wild capture fisheries, mainly from Lake Victoria or farmed fish (Aquaculture) however, majority of customers in the markets always believe that farmed fish is not as tasty as wild fish, they prefer wild fish to farmed fish.

Good quality water is important when mixing and spraying herbicides. Poor quality water reduces the effectiveness of some herbicides and can damage the spray equipment.

It is the desire of every farmer to achieve 100% germantion of his seeds and be in a position to protect the seedlings against soil borne fugal infections and soil borne pests.

DIVERSITY means selecting between two or more crops with different perishability indexes to answer to price volatility.an example potatoes, cabbages and onions can be planted on a farm at a season in 60,20,20 % ratio.

The nutrients needed by plants are mostly taken from the soil. If the supply of nutrients in the soil is abundant, crops will grow well and produce high yields. However, if one of the nutrients needed is in short supply, plant growth is limited and crop yields are reduced.

Adjuvants are materials normally added to agrochemicals and foliar fertilizers used in crop protection to enhance the efficacy of active ingredients and improve the overall performance of the products to target insect pests, diseases or required deficiency remedies.

Before you embark on seeking capital to invest in agriculture, spend time on researching your would be market, mapping out the potential, the boom and low times in price, the operating mechanisms and costs to accessing this markets and their sustainability. This is in entirety what will constitute your venture-a vital pillar to its realization.

The hazards of the many thousands of agro-chemicals in the market are described as toxic, harmful, corrosive, irritant, flammable, explosive or oxidizing. Some agro-chemicals may possess more than one of these hazards.

Plant nutrition refers to the basic chemical elements necessary for general plant well-being and development. These elements are inter related in the nature of uptake and consumption for growth, production and tissue replacement. In general everyday life, we call them-FERTILIZERS.

Resistance to pesticides is the result of spontaneous genetic mutation and selection of pests. Some will survive exposure to pesticides and their offspring will carry the genetic make-up of their parents and will become a greater proportion of the population with each succeeding generation.

Climate change occurs when changes in earth climate system result in new weather patterns that last for at least few decades.

It is important for every farmer to note that pesticide can either be chemically or physically incompatible and that certain pesticide labels contain compatibility information which every farmer should read before use.