Scientists from the Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (Icipe), have identified skin odours found in livestock which the mosquitoes use to spread the deadly Rift Valley Fever, a discovery that will now assist them to timely predict the likelihood of an outbreak of the disease that&nbs [ ... ]

The Kenyan government is set to import a high yielding disease resistant potato variety from Netherlands which will assist the over 800,000 farmers expand their market as hotels and processors shun local varieties due to their poor quality.
The local varieties have also been blamed for the  [ ... ]

A group of enterprising women farmers in Eastern Kenya have been working to reverse the loss of gourd diversity in the area by collecting the seeds of the gourds, planting them and upon maturity selling and displaying them in the only museum of its kind in the country and region. The long  [ ... ]

Vanguard farmers in Western Kenya are now reaping the benefits of growing sugar cane with indigenous vegetables, with the vegetables insulating them from the erratic cane market while increasing fertility in their soils. The indigenous vegetables were a favourite among farmers in especiall [ ... ]