Newly developed bean variety pushes up yields in central Kenya KALRO embarks on countrywide promotion
Rebecca Waruguru, a farmer in Gatuanyaga who is among the few farmers who managed to plant the Waithera variety on her farm, says she was able to harvest over 20 kilogrammes from half a kilo of Waithera bean seed.
Be warned most packaged food in Kenya is unhealthy, need label under new rules – report
The report by the non-profit Access to Nutrition Initiative found that under those rules, 90 per cent of products sold by both international companies like Coca-Cola and local firms such as Brookside Dairy Ltd and Manji Foods Industries contained either too much salt, sugar or saturated fat.
