Fact sheet on controlling Maize smut disease
Maize smut infection causes the corn kernels to swell up into tumor-like galls (Pic: Courtesy)…
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Health
Latest health stories from across Kenya.
ICIPE recognized as a global hub for bee health expertise
International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) headquarters at Duduville Campus. ICIPE to provide…
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Aloe vera keeps off poultry diseases
Kiambu County farmer Ignatius Osoro looks at his free range chickens feeding. He uses aloe…
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New tomato variety resists leaf curl virus and wilting
Tomatoes at a demonstration farm in Mombasa ASK Grounds in 2016. Gromost company is selling…
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Group earns from ulcer treating banana peels powder
PHOTO:Afro Ochieng holds a banana baked bread from an oven on July 15,2016 at Kisii…
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Amiran Kenya offering free crop disease clinic to farmers
Kenyan farmers can now have their disease-ridden crops diagnosed for free following the introduction of…
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Proper hygiene safest way of increasing milk shelf-life
Farmers must stick to proper milking practices to reduce contamination, which significantly reduces the shelf-life…
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Rift Valley Fever now has a working vaccine
A Nairobi-based international research organisation has successfully developed a vaccine against Rift Valley Fever virus…
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Strange epidemic disease identified in Northern Kenya
An outbreak of an epidemic disease affecting camels has been identified in Northern Kenya, even…
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Soil testing services closer to farmers as Soil Cares drives around counties
Farmers in any part of Kenya can now professionally sample and get a quick analysis…
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Farmers hopeful as scientists close to finding maize lethal necrosis resistant seeds
Scientists are on verge of finding a Maize lethal necrosis (MNL) resistant seed, a move…
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Back in the Day, Tilling Land Was a Communal Activity Characterised by Song and Dance
Most of us who grew up in the village, and who are old enough, must…
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The Cape Gooseberry is a ‘wild’ fruit that could be used to treat cancer
The name Cape Gooseberry may not be familiar to many of us, but the fruit…
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Superior spraying tech tames water loss
Ugandan farmers are set to benefit from a new spraying technology that saves the amount…
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Kenya’s ‘hidden hunger’ situation chronic, study
Kenya is doing little to reduce hunger emerging among the top 50 countries where hidden…
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How Aspirin reduces pest attacks in crops
Spraying or watering crops with the painkiller Aspirin increases their immune system while triggering their…
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Childhood curiosity births soil testing lab
A childhood curiosity about the differences in yields between young Fredrick Muthuri parent’s farm and…
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Environmental pollution reduces Kenyans life expectancy
Plastic makes up a quarter of 60,000 tonnes of waste produced annually in Kenya according…
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Kenya launches aflatoxin lab to tame spread
The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (Karlo) has launched the country’s first ever aflatoxin…
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Soil erosion wipes nutrients and incomes
Hilly terrain and heavy rains especially during the long rains have been every farmers’ nightmare…
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Bitter times for fruit farmers as new disease strikes
A passion fruit disease that wipes the entire crop in days and which has baffled…
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Scientists pitch for herbal medicine to cure livestock diseases
Proponents of herbal medicine also known as alternative medicine are rooting for adoption of herbal…
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Resource center embraces tech to transform farming
An information resource center has transformed the lives of hundreds of farmers in the semi…
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Tech tames aflatoxins for shillings
An application that can detect the cancer causing toxins, aflatoxins, and with accuracy levels as…
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