Farmers improve yield lowering fertilizers, embracing organic forward agriculture
A farming method that doesn’t require fertilizer, uses a fraction of water and increases yields two to six times has lifted over 6500 farmers
A farming method that doesn’t require fertilizer, uses a fraction of water and increases yields two to six times has lifted over 6500 farmers
Human-wildlife conflict has become a thorny issue especially now that farmers are opening up more forests for economic benefits. Threatened wild animals attack humans
Similarly, plants require elements such as potassium and sodium ions which are key in transportation of food. Phosphorus, manganese or iron deficient soils will have
As the potato cyst nematodes (PCN) threaten to wipe out potato production in the country, research has shown that extracts of canola can reduce the
An enterprising farmer is cashing in on the pent up demand for superior chicken variety, Kuroiler, in Uganda to brood eggs for farmers with poor
Rwanda urban farmers are utilizing little resources by practicing static bucket ponds for cat fish rearing in a move also hailed as key in taming
Farmers who have traditionally grown sugarcane are finding sweeter days replacing cane with maize and Soya beans in a move boosting household food security and
The practice of burning maize stalks on farms by most farmers who find no use for them after the maize harvest is working against them
Over 5,500 women farmers in Nyeri farmers are correcting decades of pesticide misuse that depressed soils nutrients and left them impoverished with a new legume
Smallholder farmers in Kenya are embracing planting trees that do not compete with crops for nutrients a venture that is paying off with some of
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