Kenya: Farmers search for ways to reduce the impact of locusts
It’s around midday and Douglas Kinyua is trying to scare away a swarm of locusts, swatting with a banana leaf […]
Kenya: Farmers boost earnings by making sugar cane juice
It’s about eight o’clock in the morning and Joseph Onsinyo is busy preparing sugar cane juice for his clients. He pushes pieces […]
Kenya: Mango farmers use plastic bottles to manage fruit flies
Josiah Mwangi’s farm is full of mango trees. Looking at it from a distance, the trees appear to form a […]
Kenya: ‘Peace ambassadors’ ease water conflicts in drought-prone Kenya (Trust)
Outside a small, secluded house in Maweni village, Kenya, a group of about 150 farmers sit together in the sweltering […]
Kenya: Farmers grow jack beans to improve soil fertility and reduce soil erosion
It’s mid-morning and Anne Nyangasi is leading a group of farmers who are inspecting their jack beans, also known as […]
Kenya: Good irrigation results in good harvests for pastoralists switching to horticulture (The Daily Nation)
After losing nearly all his livestock to drought and bandits, John Nang’iro Ekalale switched to horticulture in 2016. Mr. Ekalale […]
Kenya: Farmers grow pineapples in challenging conditions
It’s eight o’clock in the morning and Barare Nyang’au is busy pruning pineapple plants on his farm. The father of […]
Kenya: Trees help farmers restore soil fertility and increase crop production
Beatrice Wamalwa smiles as she walks around her farm, surrounded by trees. She looks with amazement at the sheer number […]
Kenya: Resilient entrepreneur invests in pawpaw and passion fruit after losing watermelon crop (Farmbiz Africa)
Margaret Mutheu stands under a pawpaw tree, proudly showing off a cluster of healthy fruit as someone snaps a photo. […]
Kenya: Farmers grow mukau tree as protection against drought (Trust)
Back in 2000, Jonathan Kituku Mung’ala was worried that a drought could wipe out his crops. At the time, he […]