Sugarcane farming runs out sweetness in western Kenya
Hundreds of farmers in Migori County who have been growing sugarcane since 1979 as a cash crop are having second thoughts. From being ‘green gold’ to a lazy man’s crop, sugarcane has now acquired the tag of a poor man’s crop, thanks to abysmal returns from a cash crop that...
Potato farmers embrace tissue culture to increase output, minimise disease
Nyandarua County is expected to turn to culture of Irish potatoes to improve the quality and quantity of potato production as Kenya looks to narrow the burgeoning food deficits. This modern farming method will see potato plantlets develop under specialised conditions to reduce infection by diseases, thereby increase food supply in...
How a World Bank loan connected 1,500 families to safe water in rural Kenya
When Kenya hosted the Blue Economy Conference in its capital, Nairobi, residents of Githunguri sub-county in Kiambu county took pride in a water trust that now delivers the precious commodity at their doorsteps. Githunguri is less than 40 kilometres west of the capital Nairobi There is no gainsaying water is...
