In 2017, Kenya’s fresh produce to the European Union was intercepted 29 times due to infestation by pests such as...
Pests
As the potato cyst nematodes (PCN) threaten to wipe out potato production in the country, research has shown that extracts...
By George Munene Johannesburg/ Lagos/Nairobi, 31 January 2023—Heifer International announced the 2022 winners of the AYuTe Africa Challenge that supports...
By George Munene The International Potato Center (CIP) has released CIP-Matilde a potato variety highly resistant to late blight disease...
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Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI), a not-for-profit inter-governmental development and information organization, has devised an e-learning course that...
By George Munene Late blight (phytopthora infestans) is the most economically important potato disease in Kenya causing yield losses ranging...
A Thika-based agribusiness firm is using a sticky polythene sheet to control livestock flying pests in its zero grazing units....
By George Munene Through its Feed the Future global biotech potato partnership in Kenya and Nigeria the International Potato Center...
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Coccidiosis' global impact is estimated at Sh36.5 billion ($300 million) causing poor performance, morbidity, and mortality. Coccidiosis is a disease caused...
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Farmers are losing more than 80 per cent of their crops before harvest to the deadly Striga weed, which is...
