Small-holder farmers in Kenya can tremendously slice production costs by using urine and wood ash mixture to deal with crop pests and diseases. This method has worked for thousands of Ugandan farmers who are saving more than 40 per cent of losses to pest and diseases. The farmers in Masindi, Kapchorwa, Mukono, Buike […]
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At least 60 per cent of patients who visit the Kenyatta National Hospital are found to have pesticide residues in their blood, an aspect attributed to the concentrated chemical pesticides used on vegetables and fruits across the country, a research by Kenyatta University revealed. Some of the common complaints reported included ataxins, tremors, diarrhoea, vomiting
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A scientist has invented a biological pest control virus against the voracious African bollworm that attacks over 25 crop species, by growing the virus inside the body of the pest which assists the virus to multiply. The virus loaded pests are then crushed and mixed with water to produce an end product biological pesticide dubbed
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A model that trains farmers to be community based extension officer is halving the death of the fatal Newcastle disease while giving farmers a new source of income. Practiced in Eastern Kenya, the model has been informed by prevalence of Newcastle disease in the area. The Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, through the European Union sponsored
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Janet Kinya a widow of two moves across her granary as she admires her well arranged sacks of beans and peas. She is among the major suppliers of these produce to schools in Embu county, a venture she has been involved in for the last five years. But with the dried peas and the beans
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Pastoralists in the arid Baringo district have finally discovered a huge benefit to a weed that has for over two decades invaded their land at a fast rate and killed their livestock. Prosopis juliflora locally known as Mathenge withstand harsh climatic conditions explaining why it grows fast in arid and semi arid areas and covering
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