Health

By MaryAnne Musilo In the tropics, tomato farmers fight more than 200 pests and diseases needing deep knowledge to get...

By Maryanne Musilo Kiambu poultry farmer Wanjiku Ngugi has turned to a kitchen remedy that’s earning praise among her chicken...

By MaryAnne Musilo Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is intensifying across Narok, Kajiado, Homa Bay, and Nakuru counties and now spreading...

By Wairimu Gikenye A glass of aloe vera a day could cut dangerously high blood sugar levels in half for...

By James Odhiambo Achieng is healthy now, but six years ago, aged 8, she had the farming sickness that research...

Scientists have found that eating the annoying strings at the top of maize cobs improves kidney health, offering hope to...

By Henry Mang’eni Researchers have found the bitter lettuce weed, known as Mchunga in Swahili, can stop the growth of...

Farmers are increasing their crop yield by up to 500 per cent by applying lime to reduce the acidity of...

Adding chia seeds to foods helps to cheaply prevent Kenya’s fastest-rising killer: heart disease. Diseases of the heart and blood...

Coccidiosis is the major disease causing economic losses to rabbit farmers in Kenya.  79.4 per cent of farmers report their...