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Agriculture

Boost to farmers as Sh23 million soil laboratory is launched in Rongo University

Rongo University is the first University to have a soil analysis laboratory in Nyanza and the Western regions. The Sh23 million facility was constructed through...

Graduate abandons job search, turns village into a farming class

When he graduated in 2019, Erick Ochieng had a great vision. Get a well-paying job, start a family, and invest. But all these fell on a...

Why Sorghum farmers in Kisumu are against proposed tax on alcohol

Sorghum farmers in Kisumu now want the government to reduce the proposed excise tax on beer. The proposed excise tax saw a 10 per cent...

How Migori County is replacing tobacco with dairy farming

Migori County Livestock and Agriculture Department has launched the sixth phase of one dairy cow per tobacco farmer in seven sub counties. The project is...

Alarm as Armyworms wreak havoc in Kisumu

More than 10,000 acres of maize, sorghum and pasture has been invaded by Armyworms in Muhoroni. The outbreak which is now extending to better parts...

Reprieve to farmers as Government reduces fertiliser prices

Farmers across the country have a reason to smile following the government announcement to subsidize the prices of fertilisers. The Ministry of Agriculture has announced...

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ProSoil: How once abandoned farms are getting back to productivity

Seven years ago, Agnes Wekesa contemplated selling her family piece of land, and use the money to start a...

200, 000 western Kenya farmers impacted as German-supported Pro-soil project folds

After ten years of engaging farmers in western Kenya, the German-government supported Pro-Soil project has finally folded. ProSoil, a...

How communal drug dispensing is suppressing HIV medication defaulting rates in Homa Bay

As the morning sun hits Pala Village in Ndhiwa, Homa Bay County, Fauzia (not her real name) makes...

Agony of Homa Bay teens nursing scars of early motherhood

It is a warm sunny Wednesday afternoon, and over 30 teen mothers are seated under a tree at...

How these Kakamega women are embracing smoke-free kitchens with innovative waste fuels

Its a bright sunny Monday in Emusonga Village in Kakamega, and about 15 women are mixing charcoal dust...

Reprieve for learners with hearing disability following completion of Sh3.6m dormitory

It was a reprieve for learners living with hearing disability following the completion of a Sh3.6 million dormitory...