Health

Millet which used to be a feed for cheap brown porridge, has become a new recipe superfood, driving up its imports into Kenya. Because of their rich nutritional benefits, millets are considered nutraceuticals or nutritional pharmaceuticals. This is because they are completely gluten-free super grains that lower the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and blood […]

Adding chia seeds to foods helps to cheaply prevent Kenya’s fastest-rising killer: heart disease. Diseases of the heart and blood vessels are the leading cause of death globally. According to Kenya’s Ministry of Health, they are the second in Kenya, having risen by three per cent in the last nine years contributing to 13 per

More than 100 Mombasa urban families are cheaply growing vegetable hills on cement bags, plastic jerry cans, and vertical pipes, enriching their cereals, beans, and fish diets.   Only five per cent of Kenyans eat the the recommended five servings of vegetables and fruit daily. This is according to The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

Farmers growing one of Kenya’s fastest-growing cash crops, castor beans, should avoid them or their children ingesting the highly toxic bean which causes severe health issues and can lead to death after eating just two of the beans. Gotten from the Ricinus communis plant, castor beans are pressed for their oil with the seed cake

A Makueni mum has lost 25 kgs of weight in 10 months by replacing red meat with African eggplants in her diet. According to a study in The Nigerian Journal of Pharmacy, eating African eggplants, more commonly called garden eggs or bitter tomatoes, for eight weeks decreased appetite and food intake leading to a 10.74

Coccidiosis is the major disease causing economic losses to rabbit farmers in Kenya.  79.4 per cent of farmers report their rabbits having been infected by the parasitic disease which attacks the liver and intestines with seven out of every 10 rabbits dying from the highly contagious disease. Infection is spread when rabbits come in contact

Drought-resistant food trees offer secrets to boosting drought diets by providing fruits, edible nuts, and seeds, leaves cooked as vegetables, and edible oils during dry spells and droughts which have doubled in Africa since 2005 to one every six years. According to the World Agroforestry Centre, in Kenya alone, about 400 indigenous drought-tolerant trees provide

The number of Kenyans being bitten by snakes is rising to an estimated 20,000 people yearly as venomous snakes are driven closer to farms and homes in search of water and food. 4,000 of these victims die and 7,000 live with lifelong health complications. Farmbizafrica has prepared Kenya’s only definitive online guide on the most

Choosing the right food to eat is the first and most crucial step in preventing heart disease– a ticking time bomb that is on its way to becoming the killer for most Kenyans. Heart attack, stroke, and heart failure account for about a quarter of hospital admissions and 13 per cent of all deaths in

Mixing millet into bread can save the country Sh37 billion in imports, reduce bread prices and diseases such as diabetes and obesity as well as provide a ready market for farmers in arid regions of the country. The average Kenyan is expected to eat 18.6 kg of bread in 2024. This is expected to grow to