James Ogwimba, a small scale maize farmer at Moi’s Bridge, in Trans-Nzoia County was early this month forced to hurriedly harvest his maize crop due
Poor artificial insemination techniques are some of the reasons hindering the growth of the dairy industry in Kenya. The inferior semen in use and inefficient
Small holder farmers, who account for 90 per cent of the agricultural output in Africa, are extremely poor, because of poor market information for their produce, a
At least 60 per cent of patients who visit the Kenyatta National Hospital are found to have pesticide residues in their blood, an aspect attributed
Amaranth can easily be mistaken for just another wondering weed. Yet, while some people sparingly use the plant as vegetables, Ann Muthoni, a nutrition expert
Every once in a while there will come a person who wants (and can afford) to buy a herd of dairy cows for commercial purposes
While other farmers in Gisambai village in Vihiga County struggle to raise various crops on their farms, Samson Otengo, is busy building ant hills, a
While the impending El Nino rains may be not be well received by most, owing to the floods that have been associated with it in
Kenya has one of the highest population growth rates in the world. The present population is about 40 million, but it is expected to double
James Farquharson was routinely going through his e-mail when a message from a man named Pius Ngugi dropped in. “Do you want to make wine
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