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Western Kenya farmers grow black streak resistant bananas, avert 90% losses
Smallholder banana farmers in Western Kenya can avoid losses by growing Black leaf streak (BLS) resistant varieties. The varieties are FHIA 23 – dessert, FHIA 01 – gold finger and...
Half of Kenyan land at risk of degradation lowering crop yields
Smallholder farmers in Kenya can improve fertility in their farms by protecting the soil from erosion, avoiding burning crop residues, incorporating manure and fertilisers, and using drip instead of overhead
Lime application increases crop nutrient utilisation 90%
Farmers, who apply lime regularly into soil to reduce acidity, increase the efficiency of fertiliser nutrient availability for crop utilisation by more than 90 per cent. This reduces fertliliser wastage
Coffee stakeholders race to comply with EU regulation blocking crop from deforested land
With just eight months remaining, Kenyan coffee stakeholders are racing against time to ensure compliance with the EU’s new deforestation regulation (EUDR). This risks a lot of Kenyan coffee farmers
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