A sample of the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (Karlo) varieties of food crop seeds developed during the eight year research dubbed Maize-Legume Cropping Systems for Food Security in Eastern and Southern Africa (SIMLESA) in Eastern region counties of Embu, Tharaka Nithi and Meru as well as western region counties of Siaya and Kakamega. [Photo: Wainaina Ndung'u/Standard]
The name of Opposition leader Raila Odinga is among those picked to identify bean varieties developed during an eight-year research to improve agricultural yields in five counties.