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Decreasing soil moisture cuts size of Africa’s farmland
Climate change is decreasing available soil moisture which has major impacts on sub-Sahara Africa’s food production. 10 per cent of currently arable land that previously didn’t lack moisture is expected...
Four diseases decrease Kenya’s potato yield 62%, decimating food security
The continued spread of four potato diseases has led to a 62.5 per cent decrease in Kenya’s per-hectare potato production from 22.4 tons in 2008 to just 8.4 tons in
Kenya recruiting new army of sunflower farmers
Launched on September 2023, the sunflower promotion project has purchased 570 metric tonnes of sunflower seeds from Zambia to be distributed to farmers in 24 counties. It also targets a
Rice snail cuts farmer incomes 60% endangering Kenya’s food security
First reported in Kenya in 2020, the invasive apple snail has quickly become one of the leading pest concerns for Mwea rice farmers reducing yields by 14 per cent and
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