Through capitalising on the demand for the indigenous spider plant (saga/saget) in neighbouring Kisumu and Eldoret counties, the Nyamira North Women Sacco has been able
Five thousand kilometers apart, Soko Fresh in Kenya and Colb Hubs in Nigeria, are using solar-powered cold stations to store and preserve horticultural produce. This
Climate change is decreasing available soil moisture which has major impacts on sub-Sahara Africa’s food production. 10 per cent of currently arable land that previously
The continued spread of four potato diseases has led to a 62.5 per cent decrease in Kenya’s per-hectare potato production from 22.4 tons in 2008
Launched on September 2023, the sunflower promotion project has purchased 570 metric tonnes of sunflower seeds from Zambia to be distributed to farmers in 24
First reported in Kenya in 2020, the invasive apple snail has quickly become one of the leading pest concerns for Mwea rice farmers reducing yields
Savvy green maize farmers are utilising maize transplanting to beat other growers to market, doubling their profits. Over 90 per cent of Kenyan farmers rely
Despite one-fifth of the world’s sugar now being gotten from sugar beets and most of the world’s industrialised nations using it as their main sugar
The price of local Kenyan hard wheat is set to rise 40% on limited supplies, as that of imported soft wheat tumbles due to record
While most Kenyan farmers grow coffee in open sunny fields, others have embraced shade-grown coffee. This is a form of coffee production that grows the
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