A Date With Lizano Limited: Passion Beats “Gender And Age Stereotyping”

“Skills are cheap passion is priceless” said Shamira of Lizano Limited; a powerful agro inputs supplier company. My first encounter with her was at Eldoret Agri-Expo which was held at Eldoret polytechnic; what got my attention was the way she attended to each and every customer at their stand; whether a customer was only consulting about the product or purchasing, they were all accorded the same special treatment. Given the constraints of time at the show I had to book an appointment with her to learn more about the kind of zeal and passion she exhibited at the show as far as agriculture was concerned.

“We are investors in agriculture from this we culminated our passion out of enormous experiences in the farm” said Shamira. Interviewing both Shamira and Catherine who are the founders of Lizano limited unleashed a lot of resourceful and inspiring details on their triggers to actively participate in the sector. Being investors, they understood the niche and what the farmer really required. With this knowledge in mind they defied all the odds by investing in a field which for a while now, has been perceived and believed to be a male’s venture and especially agricultural moguls who are of older age ranging from 40 years moving forward.

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Vitalis Wafula With Yara, Knowledge Grows

Kenyan farmers love their crops. of course they invest their livelyhood to produce the best. At Yara we tell them with the right knowledge come the right results as Edwin Kirwa of Cereals Magazine found out during an interview with Vitalis Wafula, Commercial Manager Yara East Arica Ltd

Subsidies are good things, they are done in western countries too and this is good for Kenyan farmers but to contributing towards productivity, sustainability, safety and food security NO since they have not invested enough in research and development process.

Briefly discuss Yara Kenya, its background, operations, branches in Kenya and its management team.
Yara, was started in 1905 in Norway, making it the pioneer of Nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing company. Over the years Yara grown her Crop Nutrition business globally, with manufacturing plants in several European countries including Norway, Belgium, Finland, Italy, UK among others as well as in Asia, Middle East, North and South America and Africa. The expansion has seen the company gain a footprint in more than 56 countries (Operational presence ) and products selling in over 160 around the world.

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Celebrating Kenyan Farmers

The Elgon National Farmers Awards celebrated the very best of Kenyan farming by recognizing and rewarding innovation, hard work and passion for agriculture. The awards, now in its fifth year, provided an opportunity to the agricultural sector to showcase the best farmers in the country by telling their stories.

The cream of Kenya’s agriculture came together to celebrate the country’s best farmers at the Elgon National Farmers competition Awards on 2nd February 2018. Hundreds of farmers and industry stalwarts gathered for a gala dinner and awards presentation at the Laico hotel. Winners and guests danced into the early hours following an awards ceremony hosted by Elgon Kenya Ltd.

About 21 top farmers from different parts of the country were awarded during the fifth National Farmers Awards Competition gala. The competition which takes place every year has seven categories with an extra eighth category which was launched during the gala that is horticulture category: A top farmer and two runners up from every category are awarded trophies, some cash and farm inputs from the event sponsors.

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