Farmers can control Fall Armyworm by planting their crops early just at the onset of rains. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, early planting can reduce chances of Fall Armyworm infestation by half hence reduce losses to farmers. The army fall worm which caught many farmers off-guard in 2017 has […]
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As the potato cyst nematodes (PCN) threaten to wipe out potato production in the country, research has shown that extracts of canola can reduce the infestation given that there is no commercial product for the treatment of the pest in Kenya. Some regions in Kenya have reported 100 per cent infestation of the pests, with
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By George Munene Johannesburg/ Lagos/Nairobi, 31 January 2023—Heifer International announced the 2022 winners of the AYuTe Africa Challenge that supports agritech innovators. These include Botwana-based Brastorne Enterprises, ThriveAgric of Nigeria, and Kenya’s DigiCow. Brastorne Enterprises– Botswana Co-founders of Brastorne Enterprises Stimela Martin Thato, CEO, and Naledi Magowe, CGO, who both grew up in farming
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Trichotech is applied preventively – before diseases occur in the plants. Dudutech’s biological solution for control of soil-borne fungal diseases in a bid
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By George Munene The International Potato Center (CIP) has released CIP-Matilde a potato variety highly resistant to late blight disease responsible for the historic Irish Potato Famine and an estimated Sh1.7 trillion (USD 14 billion) in potato crop destruction annually. The variety which was grown in Peru and whose planting materials have been sent to
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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 will enable farmers to gain skills and methodologies required for the field-based diagnosis of pests and diseases. The practical e-learning course dubbed, PestSmart is the first in a series of new and unique e-learning courses
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By George Munene Late blight (phytopthora infestans) is the most economically important potato disease in Kenya causing yield losses ranging from 10 per cent to absolute crop failure. Studies report 92 per cent of Kenyan farmers having to deal with the disease. According to the Kenya Potato Production Guide which was compiled by a team of
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A Thika-based agribusiness firm is using a sticky polythene sheet to control livestock flying pests in its zero grazing units. Real IPM has run the zero-grazing unit with the rolling trap from end to end and any flying parasite is ‘arrested’ by the glue before starving to death. It is painted yellow, a colour that
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By George Munene Through its Feed the Future global biotech potato partnership in Kenya and Nigeria the International Potato Center (CIP) is developing genetically engineered late blight-resistant potato varieties that will reduce farmer losses by 15 – 30 per cent and slush the current Sh1.8 billion annual cost in fungicides by at least 90%. In
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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 by a parasite that affects the gut wall of chickens. The parasite lives in the gut and is transferred to others chickens when it is released through feaces from an infected chicken in the form
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