Today we discuss how technology can help the world overcome the big food waste problem and create better food sustainability for all. We talk with Winnie Yegon who talks about how she pivoted from a career in art to one in agriculture working i

Post Pandemic Agribusiness and finding ways to invest $1M

Feb 3rd, 2022 42m 50s

This week we discover that $1m is actually not a lot of money that that it can go away pretty quickly when working at scale. We are joined by Mr Kiriinya Kithinji from WYLDE International to discuss the recovery strategy for agribusiness that w

Taxes, Incentives and How the Queen of England eats Kenyan Sweet potatoes every day

Feb 3rd, 2022 44m 22s

In this episode Sheila leads a campaign to encourage the Ministry of Agriculture to migrate all their services to an online platform for greater access to farmers who may not be physically in Nairobi. We hear about the move by the government of

Groundnuts, Superfoods and the High Libido thing

Jan 12th, 2022 42m 12s

This week we travel all the way to East Asembo. We discuss the groundnuts value chain and-it's capacity to impact the economy of Siaya County. Then we come back and speak once more to Dr Wasilwa Lusike about super foods, the impact of Covid 19

THE WORLD OF MACADAMIA

Jan 5th, 2022 43m 28s

This week we speak to Dr Wasilwa Lusike who is the Director of Crop Systems at the Kenya Agricultural Livestock Research Organization. We learn that Kenya is 3rd in the world on Macadamia nut production even though our production is still well

PILI PILI TAMU : How farmers in Busia County are reaping big from chillies

Dec 1st, 2021 40m 54s

In this episode we travel all the way to Amukura Ward in Busia County to speak with Quinto Oputan who is part of a group of small holder farmers who are farming chillies as a cash crop. We hear of the support from Busia County in brokering and

TASTY, SPICY, MILLIONS: Herbs and spices in Nakuru County

Nov 24th, 2021 31m 27s

Today we are in Nakuru County to speak with Ruth Munyoro the founder and director of Eat More Worldwide which is arguably Kenya’s’ biggest herbs and spices grower and exporter. She talks about opportunity, technical compliance issues of the ex

THE INTERNET OF FARMING: Snow Peas, Telephone farming and how Facebook and Whatsapp are the new extension officers

Nov 17th, 2021 28m 44s

In this episode we speak with Christine Misiko who is the Knowledge Management/Business and Partnership Development Expert at MARKUP Kenya. We talk about a wide range of topics including the internet is affecting farming in Kenya. In addition,

CLIMBING THE BEANSTALK: Taita Taveta county's export market success story.

Nov 12th, 2021 40m 56s

This week we speak with Mercy Mwikali and Grace Wakio who farm French beans for export in the picturesque hills of Taita Taveta. They tell about their business and how they are working with other small scale farmers through an aggregator to exp

THE FRUIT AND THE PUREE: Purple gold in Uasin Gishu

Nov 4th, 2021 29m 5s

We discover that diversification is the theme of this season. This is the story of Edwin Ronoh a farmer from Sergoit Ward who is farming purple variety passion fruit on approximately 12 acres of land. His story is illustrating the current state

MAKUENI'S GOLDEN MANGOES: How innovative government action can drive growth at the grassroots.

Oct 28th, 2021 46m 40s

In this episode, In this episode we speak to Mr Julius Maithya, CEO of the Makueni County Fruit Development and Marketing Authority, Mr Antony Kimeu Nzau a commercial mango farmer from Matiliku area and Mr Alex Muli from Goshen Exporters.We are

MANGOES AND MORE: How to use horticulture to change lives.

Oct 21st, 2021 36m 28s

In this episode, we speak to Mr Maina Karuiru who is the National Coordinator of the MARKUP Kenya Project. We discuss the vision of MARKUP KENYA as well as the work that the program has undertaken in the 12 counties of Kenya where implementatio

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Welcome to Mazao Talks!!!!!!!!!

Oct 21st, 2021 1m 58s

Welcome to Mazao talks Podcast, a podcast that features stories of ordinary people working in agri-business. We feature contributions by farmers, budding farmers and agri-food experts and discuss business opportunities that are available in the

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