Kenya, a country in East Africa, is an ideal location for sustainable avocado farming. It’s nearly 5,000 feet above sea level, while the Kenyan Highlands rise to over 17,000 feet. This elevation ...

KIKUYU, Kenya (AP) — Tucked away in a lush, forested area of central Kenya's Kikuyu town, the National Seed Bank stands as a crucial safeguard for the future of the country's agriculture. Inside two ...

Everyone in Kibwezi, a village in southeastern Kenya parched by four years of drought, remembers the promises. It all started in 2000, when the government started preaching the word about a plant ...

TAITA TAVETA, Kenya (AP) — For farmers in the Taita hills in southern Kenya, elephants are a menace: they raid crops and will occasionally injure or even kill people. Farmer Richard Shika, 68, has had ...

Coast rice farmers, Kalro officers and Kopia Kenya Centre’s Ji Gang Kim at Kalro Mtwapa on Tuesday /BRIAN OTIENORice farmers at the Coast have received a boost with new skills and rice variety that ...

* Mobile technology links weather stations with insurers * Compensation for the cost of inputs after bad weather * Product limited to products from Syngenta, partners By Anjali Nayar ELDORET, Kenya, ...

Excitement in the air as farmers and models try the new BASF overalls, a first ISO 27065 C1 certified protective clothing in Africa, at the launch held at Mchana Estate, Ruiru. [Jonah Onyango,Standard ...

Inaccessible 667-kilometer Mwea roads have been a headache for the rice farmers if the government repairs it will use approximately Sh700 million easing the headache. (Courtesy) Agriculture, ...

NGURUBANI, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Wilson Kariuki's three younger children finish high school, the Kenyan rice farmer will not have to worry about paying to send them to a university ...

Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Vol. 22, No. 12 (December 2020), pp. 2238-2245 (8 pages) Introduction: Tobacco production continues to increase in low- and middle-income countries creating complications ...