Farmers rescue sukuma wiki from yield-slashing, 20-year soil disease
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
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
Maize farmers are using wasps to eradicate Fall Armyworms at one-fifth of the cost they previously spent on chemical pesticides. The Fall Armyworm (FAW) is
A solar-powered moving scarecrow that detects bird movements is helping rice farmers reclaim thousands in previously lost incomes. African farmers are estimated to lose as
Farmers in Western Kenya looking to diversify from sugarcane face attacks from rats from nearby sugarcane plantations wiping out their entire harvests. After taking the
Organic farmers in Kenya have turned to the neem tree as a cure-all thanks to its powers as a pesticide, fungicide, and nematicide. Daniel Kamau,
After losing 12 tons from his one and a half acres of coffee last year to the coffee berry borer, Collins Kimanthi a farmer in
Egerton University researchers have developed a herbal remedy preventing Coccidiosis parasites in 80 per cent of free-range chickens helping control the rise in artificial drug
The spread of the fungal disease wheat blast could reduce global wheat production by 13 per cent until 2050 posing a dramatic threat to global
The introduction of a parasitic wasp that feeds on papaya mealybugs is helping rid farmers of the most damaging insect pest for papaya. Research by
The International Potato Center (CIP) has introduced a simple decision support tool (DST) made from card paper and available via the Android app store that
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