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Over 40,000 farmers set to benefit from integrated pest management

Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (Kalro) is promoting integrated pest management to enhance food security and safety in the country.
By James Omoro 2025-12-01 15:51:11
 Education of farmers on the coffee farming improvement programmes has borne fruit in Nyeri County, resulting in higher crop production.
By Boniface Gikandi 2025-11-28 15:43:45
The sound of drones mapping the fields below. Beneath them, clusters of young innovators testing and experiencing different tools designed to make farming smarter. 
By Linda Akwabi 2025-11-25 19:22:00
Kenya’s floriculture sector is striving to maintain its global competitiveness as growers contend with increasingly aggressive fungal diseases.
By Nanjinia Wamuswa 2025-11-20 14:54:09
Acting CEO of Kenya's Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), warned that Africa's porous borders make national regulations inadequate to address the issue.
By Nanjinia Wamuswa 2025-11-20 14:51:32
Banned pesticides are still being exported by European companies to countries outside the EU, where they endanger workers and ecosystems.
By Nanjinia Wamuswa 2025-11-17 06:03:00
Most Kenyan coffee growers have never even tasted coffee themselves, so they don’t fully understand what they’re selling.
By Nanjinia Wamuswa 2025-11-15 07:41:00
Kenya’s improved business climate continues to attract significant investments across diverse sectors.
By Ayoki Onyango 2025-11-12 10:34:46
Mukoko spends long hours making a bespoke organic fertiliser using roasted bones which he collects from the market.
By Patel Mulevu 2025-11-10 15:31:28
This is rightly so because unsafe meat can cause serious foodborne diseases, especially among old folks, children and pregnant mothers.
By Dr Watson Messo 2025-11-08 08:39:00
The dairy sector is central to food security and livelihoods in East Africa but faces mounting pressure from climate change, including heat stress and drought.
By Nanjinia Wamuswa 2025-11-07 15:16:23
KTDA directors from the West of Rift have alleged that most of the 71 private licensed companies do not comply with the requisite standards and have resorted to poaching tea from KTDA factories.
By Daniel Kariuki 2025-11-05 07:02:01