Lake Victoria

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• Pests

Apple Snail Invasion Serious Threat to Rice Production and Food Security in Kenya

3 years ago Reporter

Left: Destructive adults snails. Right: An egg clusters patched on rice tillers. A cluster has approximately 250 eggs confirming the...

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• Crops

Fertiliser-free Kisumu Farm Provides Blueprint for Permaculture Farming in Kenya

3 years ago Reporter

Image Courtesy In a small village in Nyanza area, a farm has caught villagers attention and attracted thousands of visitors...

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• Animals

Innovative Rack Drying Revolutionizes Fish Preservation in East Africa

3 years ago Reporter

Drying fish using low cost racks is reducing drying time from three days to eight hours while doubling market prices...

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• Markets

Kenyan fish pond farmers poised for good market opportunities as wild catch dwindles

7 years ago Reporter

Farmers setting their nets for a catch. Photo: Farm Africa. Fish production in Kenya has for long been heavily reliant...

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• Markets

Kenya lifts ban on Chinese fish imports as local production declines

7 years ago Reporter

Kenya has lifted ban on Chinese fish imports into the country at a time when local fish production has declined...

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• Animals

Government launches project to eradicate water hyacinth in Lake Victoria to benefit fish farmers

7 years ago Reporter

The Kenyan government has launched plans to eradicate the water hyacinth menace in Lake Victoria, a weed that has led...

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• Markets

Report: Kenya and Uganda tops East Africa in fish production

8 years ago Reporter

A report by East Africa Community and the European Union task force has indicated that Kenya and Uganda leads in...

4 min read

• Animals

European Union to provide Sh1.2bn to boost regional fish farming industry

8 years ago Reporter

European Union through European Development Fund is set to provide about Sh1.2bn (10 million Euros) as part of its 85...