Health

Tomato farmers in the country should now worry less about Tuta Absoluta, a devastating pest that has the potential to...

Farm­ers can avert drastic and im­me­di­ate death of day-old chicks soon after in­tro­du­cing them into the new brooders by of­fer­ing...

Farmers must regularly test their soils to check for presence or absence of essential nutrients for appropriate action of realising...

Newcastle disease is the major cause of death among local chicken killing about 90 per cent of the affected birds....

By George Munene Using ar­ti­fi­cial and nat­ural nematicides small­holder farm­ers in Kenya can con­trol the potato cyst nem­at­odes (PCN), a...

Recent researches show that plant resistance to insects and diseases is linked to optimal, chemical, physical and biological properties of...

By George Munene The National Biosafety Authority (NBA) has approved the cultivation of disease-resistant genetically modified (GM) cassava. This approval,...

By Eric Kimunguyi, CEO, CropLife Kenya/ Agrochemicals Association of Kenya There is a certain state of mind where someone is so sure something...

By George Munene Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a viral disease endemic to Kenya that causes the second most economic losses...

Samira Amella, Director-General/ CEO CropLife Africa and Middle East  In a year when the World Food Programme has been rightfully...