Fruit farming saving eastern region farmers from erratic rainfall
Farmer attending to her passion fruits. Passion is speedily raising as the fruit of choice…
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Environment
Latest environment stories from across Kenya.
Unpredictable rainfall triggers water harvesting among small holder farmers
Evance Kongai in his already installed damliner. Most small holder farmers have adopted simple and…
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Trenches save surface run-off water for semi-arid irrigation
Muia Kusenga with Festus Mutemi. The farm has more than 10 trenches ans a tank…
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It is one irrigation in two months with polythene mulching
A seed company officer holds a watermelon during the 2016 Machakos ASK Show. Dry region…
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OPINION: Ecological farming is key to food security, climate change
Although ecological farming is not one of the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals, it can play…
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Coast farmers cut irrigation costs with water storing crystals
More than 1,000 Coast region farmers are turning to imported crystals that help in ‘arresting’…
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Weather SMS to help over 300,000 farmers in planning
More than 300,000 farmers would soon have a sure way of planning production calendars after…
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Two fungi to end fodder scarcity during drought
Agricultural researchers in Kenya are banking on two fungi to increase animal feed productivity and…
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Naivasha farm harvests 3 million litres of El Nino water
When the proprietors of the Aberdare Hills Golf Resort were drafting plans for a mega…
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Insurance the only rescue for farmers as El Nino rains wreak havoc on farmlands
Farmers in Kenya are a worried lot. The onset of the El-nino rains has significantly…
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As El Nino swallows up farmers’ harvests, those who took insurance have nothing to worry about
James Ogwimba, a small scale maize farmer at Moi’s Bridge, in Trans-Nzoia County was early…
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Online tool enables farmers predict weather patterns
Smallholder farmers and seed companies are now able to predict weather conditions for up to…
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Climate change lab points Kenya to local solutions
Kenya has launched a first of its kind climate change lab that will measure greenhouse…
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Africa’s premier water fund to fight soil erosion
A first of its kind in Africa water initiative that supports farmers and those living…
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Weather based insurance key to food sufficiency, report
Kenya is among countries that were used to showcase the success of the weather based…
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Climate change threatens livelihoods of fish producers
Up to 10 million jobs in the fisheries sector stand to be lost as a…
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Farmers correct climate change mess organic farming
Desire to protect the environment which is already scarred by destructive human activities like wanton…
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Black plastic film tames water evaporation in arid farms
Farmers in arid areas have perfected the art of water harvesting to insulate their crops…
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Watermelons flourish in the middle of barren farms
Between large swathes of maize plantations in the weather beaten Rarieda terrain stands a one…
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Farmers tackle climate change with smart villages
A new model that assists members of a particular community to collectively adapt to changing…
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Low cost carbon charcoal takes pressure off Kenya forests
A group of youth from 13 counties in Kenya keen on creating jobs is taking…
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Pastoralists count on radio to adapt to changing weather
A radio station in North Eastern Kenya is helping scientists understand weather projection better giving…
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Rice farmers intercrop to insulate themselves from weather changes
As weather patterns become unpredictable farmers at the Ahero Irrigation Scheme, one of the key…
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Failed rains spark Kenya’s water wars
Deaths from water related conflicts in Kenya have risen from 200 yearly in 2009 to…
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