Nut farmers crack profits as local demand soars
Kenyan nut farmers are a happy lot. The growing demand for the precious nuts in the international market has jumped to unprecedented levels. But local
Kenyan nut farmers are a happy lot. The growing demand for the precious nuts in the international market has jumped to unprecedented levels. But local
Plastic makes up a quarter of 60,000 tonnes of waste produced annually in Kenya according to various studies. Even more alarming is the fact that
A minute, less than a sixteenth of an inch long, black slender insect that resembles tiny dark threads when viewed without hand lens, has been
A veterinary officer in Mwingi area of Eastern Kenya is training farmers in the arid area to mitigate against changes in weather through pasture preservation
Fiona Mukami, a widow and mother of three in Mwea area of Kirinyaga County systematically smears cooking oil in an earthenware pot the size of
The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (Karlo) has launched the country’s first ever aflatoxin laboratory to tame aflatoxin poisoning which has so far killed
An initiative by Nestle Kenya to supply Central Kenya farmers with seedlings of a higher yielding, faster maturing and disease resistant coffee variety has increased
A thorny and spiky fruit vilified by most Kenyans for its strange look and taste is now recording fanatical uptake thanks to endorsement by doctors
A prison warder in Kiambu county has grafted the much vilified Sodom apple with tomatoes with the new variety now having a longer shelf life
Hilly terrain and heavy rains especially during the long rains have been every farmers’ nightmare as soil erosion continues unabated carrying with it soil nutrients
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