Listen The armyworm is especially devastating for maize farmers in Kenya and across Africa because it attacks the crop while it is still in the field. The fall armyworm often invades Kenya’s breadbasket regions of the North Rift and western Kenya maize belt and Meru and Machakos counties. Integrated pest management is the best way […]
Listen Farmers lose much of their harvest to poor access roads to markets, diseases and pests like army worms and aphids. Maize is Kenya’s main staple. In 2018, the Maize production increased by 26 per cent from 35.4 million bags in 2017 to 44.6 million bags. In the same period, production of wheat increased from […]
Listen Wheat is the second most popular cereal after maize in Kenya. It is an ingredient in many favourite and common meals such as chapati, cake, mandazi, samosas, bread among others. Interestingly, most of the wheat-based foods in the country are considered as precious and for special occasions especially in rural and low-income areas. Wheat […]
Listen Fed up with meagre earnings from his farm, Finelius Irungu woke up one day, uprooted his tea bushes and replaced them with climbing beans. For years Mr Finelius Irungu, a tea farmer in Murang’a County, would endure a thankless and familiar routine. He would wake up early, harvest his tea leaves and then wait […]