Seaweed farming provides a lifeline for drought-ravaged coastal maize farmers
Zainab Kasalu has escaped the poverty of drought crop losses at the coast by farming seaweed 600 meters out into the Indian Ocean. As part
Zainab Kasalu has escaped the poverty of drought crop losses at the coast by farming seaweed 600 meters out into the Indian Ocean. As part
Indigenous pastoral knowledge represents less than three per cent of literature on our environment. Yet, this knowledge has been passed down for 5,000 years enabling
1. Position: Programme Nutrition Support Specialist Employer: Food and Agricultural Organization Location: Garissa About the Role: The Project Nutrition Support Specialist will work in consultation
Kenyan farmers are buying enough mushroom spawn to meet the country’s accelerating button mushroom demand, but only getting half the expected yield, driving demand for
Dairy farmers can reposition themselves to increase their milk and reduce costs for a decade by planting a calliandra fence. According to the World Agroforestry
Jute mallow or mrenda which grows as a weed in Kenyan plots is a wonderfood that provides an all-in-one health booster for Kenyan families feeling
Farmers in Tigoni have broken out of continuous pesticide use to curb 80 per cent clubroot yield losses with a single pesticide shot followed by
Rwanda has stepped into the Kenyan mushroom market to plug the 17-ton monthly button mushroom hole in the Kenyan market. Kenya’s button mushroom consumption has
By Jenny Luesby Could the soil of Africa be developing an unstoppable malaise that will transform our continent from an innocent victim of climate change
KALRO will launch bird-repellant white sorghum in its shops within six months saving farmers 80 per cent in crop losses. Birds cause up to 80
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