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
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
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
Cash-squeezed sugarcane farmers are getting an extra harvest and quick money by intercropping fast-maturing canola between cane for the first three months. Growing sugarcane between
Kenyan farmers are turning breakthrough global technologies into low-cost hacks to hold back the desert, replacing engineered membranes with plastic sheets, and nanoclays with burnt
1 Position: Mangrove Forest Office Employer: Nature Conservancy Location: Mombasa Qualifications Desired Qualifications Responsibilities Interested and qualified? Go to Nature Conservancy on careers.nature.org to apply Deadline: Not
Mango farmers are smoking their trees to accelerate their harvests by 20 days and get better prices ahead of the sector’s peak supply. The practice
Hello Tractor has launched a new price model enabling farmers to hire agricultural tools at one-tenth of the cost. While it costs Sh2,500 an acre
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