{"id":904,"date":"2026-10-18T14:11:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T14:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=904"},"modified":"2026-10-18T14:11:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T14:11:32","slug":"kisii-county-farmers-report-stronger-yields-from-new-avocado-varieties-by-delson-visaho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=904","title":{"rendered":"Kisii County Farmers Report Stronger Yields from New Avocado Varieties By Delson Visaho"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792332515312.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792332515312.jpg 720w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792332515312-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Farmers in Kisii County are celebrating improved harvests after adopting new high-yielding avocado varieties introduced through a county agricultural program. Officials said more than 8,000 growers in areas such as Nyamira and Gucha have planted the grafted seedlings over the past two seasons. <br><br>The trees are producing fruit earlier and with greater resistance to common pests compared with older local types.<br>Extension officers have been training farmers on proper spacing, pruning, and organic pest control to maximize quality for both domestic and export markets.<br><br> Several cooperatives have already signed supply agreements with exporters based in Nairobi and Mombasa. Local traders noted that the better fruit size and shelf life have increased farm-gate prices in recent months.<br><br>The county government has linked the avocado drive to youth employment by supporting nursery operators who raise and sell the improved seedlings. Women farmers\u2019 groups in particular have reported higher household incomes from the crop. Agricultural experts caution that continued access to clean planting material and reliable markets will determine long-term success.<br><br>Plans are under way to expand the program to neighboring counties that share similar highland conditions. Residents say the initiative has restored confidence in commercial fruit farming after years of fluctuating returns from traditional crops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farmers in Kisii County are celebrating improved harvests after adopting new high-yielding avocado varieties introduced through a county agricultural program. Officials said more than 8,000 growers in areas such as Nyamira and Gucha have planted the grafted seedlings over the past two seasons. The trees are producing fruit earlier and with greater resistance to common [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=904"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":957,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions\/957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}