Read full article by Roselyne Kavoo @ Kenya News Agency PC: KNA International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has developed new parental hybrid lines for sorghum and pearl millet expected to increase yields by over 70 percent among...
Article by O K’onyango & W Kipsang @BusinessDaily PC: J Nyataya The arid Kerio Valley in Elgeyo Marakwet County is known for pastoralism. However, this source of livelihood has over the years proved unreliable, unsustainable and even dangerous due to rampant cases...
Read full article by Yogesh Onwong’a @KNA News PC: KNA News itui sorghum farmers have decried lack of market despite bumper harvest and called for government intervention to set market prices to improve the orphaned crops sector. Speaking to KNA in Nuu on...
Read full article by Wesley Langat@Reuters.com PC: ICRISAT EMBU, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Two years ago, Michael Gichangi launched a business he hopes will help his rural community better cope with climate change stresses: making puffed cereal from...
Read full article by Kivutha Kibwana@Daily Nation Photo: NM Group Imagine a Sunday afternoon after church or any other day of rest. A family goes to a fast food joint for lunch in an urban setting. The menu: chips and deep-fried chicken or pizza. Alternatively, they...
