Chameleon farming is a lucrative business undertaking in countries like Kenya. With little investment farmers already in the business are making good money. Farmers just require a small space and a net to fence the area, then create ways to attract flies and other insects. Areas with cool climate are most suitable but the business can be practiced under controlled conditions in other parts of the country.

This podcast is also available as a blog post here: How Chameleon Farming is Taking Shape in East Africa 

The Australorp is a fairly recent arrival on the chicken scene, but in its relatively short history, it has made a huge impression on chicken keepers and the poultry industry the world over. This podcast explains the history and current status of this chicken breed. The podcast is also available as a blog post here: Australorp Chickens: A Comprehensive Care Guide

Farmers use yield estimates to anticipate equipment, fuel and labour needs, ensure they have enough storage available, plan livestock feed supplies, and make early marketing decisions. This podcast explains how these estimates are arrived at! The podcast is also available as a blog post here: Why Do Farmers Estimate Yields?

Most part of poultry bird marketing entails conveying these birds from the farm to the market or consumers’ house. However, due to carelessness or ignorance, some livestock farmers lose some of their birds such as broilers, spent layers, cocks, and turkeys in the process of taking them to market to sell. This podcast explains how you can minimize these losses. It is also available as a blog post here: Ways to Prevent Poultry Mortality during Marketing 

Many of the farmers who opt to stake, usually use sticks tied on the stem of the tomato plant. It might look laborious but at the end of the day it is a highly beneficial field management practice as compared to leaving the tomatoes laying on the ground. This podcast explains the benefits of tomato staking. It is also available as a blog post here: Why Should You Carry Out Staking in Tomatoes? 

Learn some amazing tips in the kitchen that might just prove to be of help to you one day. This podcast is also available as a blog post: 24 Kitchen Tips and Tricks 

Genetically modified (GM) also called transgenic plants are designed to acquire useful quality attributes such as insect resistance, herbicide tolerance, abiotic stress tolerance, disease resistance, high nutritional quality, high yield potential, delayed ripening, enhanced ornamental value, male sterility, and production of edible vaccines (Rastogi, 2013). Genetically modified varieties of crops, notably soybean, maize, rape (canola) and cotton, were first grown commercially in 1996 and by 2010 they occupied 148 million ha in 29 countries, mostly in the Americas and Asia (Mannion and Morse,2012). The potential of genetically modified plants to meet the requirements of a growing population is not being recognized at present because of concerns raised by the public and critics about their applications and release into the environment due health, nutritional, environmental, ecological, socioeconomic, and ethical concerns (Rastogi, 2013). This podcast will critically analyse this criticism and determine to what extent it is based on ignorance. This podcast is also available as a blog post here: Public Opposition to GMOs is based in Ignorance 

Sodium bicarbonate also has important uses in aquaculture. The chemical is essential in recirculating aquaculture systems, where it is periodically added to replenish alkalinity destroyed by acid produced in nitrification. Without routine bicarbonate addition, system pH eventually drops to lethal levels. This podcast is also available as a blog post here: Aquaculture Uses of Sodium Bicarbonate 

Here is how to get started in commercial broiler management. This podcast is also available as a blog post here: Commercial Broiler Farming 

When you think of backyard farming, most likely you think of tomatoes, onions or maybe even carrots but with the same ease, you could plant peas and enjoy a good harvest without too much farming expertise. Pea is an important nutritious leguminous vegetable that is widely cultivated throughout the world. It is a cool-season, frost-hardy, crop extensively grown in temperate zones but also restricted to cooler altitudes in the tropics and winter seasons in the subtropics. It is a rich source of proteins, amino acids, sugars, carbohydrate, vitamins A and C, calcium and phosphorous, and also has a small quantity of iron. This podcast explains how to grow peas. It is also available as a blog post here: Growing Peas