Soil-borne diseases denying farmers yield
Soil analyst, Bernard Ndung’u, has advised farmers to scout and identify soil-borne diseases in time so as to make early mitigation measures, to avoid adverse losses from suppressed crop production
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Agriculture
Nakuru keen on promoting climate smart agriculture
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock & Fisheries in collaboration with the Society of Crops Agribusiness advisors of Kenya (SOCCA) has started cascading Climate Smart Agricultural practices to the counties and
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Multi-billion gravity project to be completed in April
Bura Irrigation and Settlement Scheme Rehabilitation Project that will convert the Bura Irrigation Scheme from a pumped system to a gravity-fed system drastically, reducing the cost of operations is set to be completed by
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Farmers embrace crop rotation to improve soil fertility
Farmers in Migori County are turning to soil management to increase their crop harvests that have been declining fast in consecutive seasons. The farmers are embracing crop rotation techniques to maintain soil
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KALRO develops climate-smart high-yielding rice variety
Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) is conducting trials for new climate-smart high-yielding rice varieties after years of research in a bid to bolster food production in the country. KALRO
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