February 2015

Weather based insurance key to food sufficiency, report

Kenya is among countries that were used to showcase the success of the weather based index insurance as a cheaper and long term solution to food security climate change according to a new report. Launched at the beginning of this year, the report by the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Research Program on …

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Ugandan farmers question cattle measuring tape

The newly introduced tape measure method of measuring cattle weight is facing opposition from most pig value chain actors who claim that the tool is inaccurate and therefore doesn’t enforce transparency. Pooled together under Pig Production and Marketing (PPM), the farmers and traders have voiced their concerns to the researchers who introduced the method claiming …

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The newly introduced tape measure method of measuring cattle weight is facing opposition from most pig value chain actors who claim that the tool is inaccurate and therefore doesn’t enforce transparency. Pooled together under Pig Production and Marketing

Wheat farmers in Rift Valley are decrying the growing threat of stem rust that is wiping up to 100 per cent of their yields and thwarting efforts to increase wheat production by attacking even superior wheat varieties. Farmers like Simon Ng’ang’a who have been in wheat production for the last one decade cannot take the …

The newly introduced tape measure method of measuring cattle weight is facing opposition from most pig value chain actors who claim that the tool is inaccurate and therefore doesn’t enforce transparency. Pooled together under Pig Production and Marketing Read More »