The soaring demand for a naturally occurring component from the barks of the Acacia tree, which is used across pharmaceuticals, drugs, and photography industries, has given pastoralists from the Karamoja region of Uganda a new lifeline by collecting and selling it, at a time when climate change is wiping out almost all their flocks. According […]
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A radio program has been the spark that has changed the fortunes of a Western Kenya farmer who has doubled yields through crop rotation. Over the years, Agnes Khisa from Bungoma, Western Kenya, grew maize on her two- acre plot with the same yields. Then she listened to a Farmer Voice Radio program on crop
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Behind overlapping shanties and overcrowded streets is a novel roof gardening project in the Mathare slums of Nairobi that has been feeding over 109 households while providing income to slum women struggling to make ends meet at a time when food prices especially in urban areas have been on an unprecedented highs. Such gardens are
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Scientists at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology are using the small factories that silkworm use to produce silk, to manufacture unique antigens on the spot that are key in diagnosing Malaria, with a successful trial expected to greatly curb Malaria spread while creating new demand for silk. With Malaria tests costing up
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When Denis Musungu 26, quit his job as a hotel manager at one of the leading firms in Nairobi and started selling chicken, his mother was apprehensive. She even invited a renowned sorcerer from the village to dispel dark forces misleading her only literate son. It only took Musungu’s supply of 100 chickens to a
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An improved air tight three layered bag is promising Makueni grain farmers reduced post harvest losses and aflatoxin causing fungi at a time when the region has borne the brunt of poor drying that has resulted in aflatoxin related deaths. The initiative being sponsored by International Center for Insect Physiology and Entomology (ICIPE) started in
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Western and Nyanza smallholder farmers are counting on a low cost agricultural input loan to boost their production and yields at a time when timely access to seeds, fertilizers and finance has slowed their crop production. The loans are offered by One Acre Fund, a non-profit agriculture organization that offers farming inputs and training on
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Ugandan smallholder farmers are benefiting from an ambitious innovative ICT mobile phone initiative that offers weather reports and up-to-date market information about changes in prices for agricultural commodities thus granting them lucrative returns from their farming ventures. The program dubbed MFarmer SMS service currently operates under the Nakaseke Community Telecentre in Uganda with an aim
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Lack of requisite information on greenhouse farming and management is turning against majority of farmers who rush into the promising venture buoyed by the good returns,with failure to observe simple greehouse rules like sheeting now costing them upto half of their yields. Related Articles Farmer pioneers cheap locally made greenhouses Greenhouse options and costs in
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