Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (Kalro)

State to recover Sh1.3b Kalro land

Reading Time: 3 minutes The State has started the process of recovering a Sh1.3 billion piece of land reserved for the Kenya Agricultural and […]

Farmers welcome new seed potato producing technology

Reading Time: 3 minutes A new seed potato producing technology recently introduced in the country, known as apical rooted cuttings is promising to provide […]

Livestock losses loom as drought bites Asal areas, says PS

Reading Time: 2 minutes FAMINE:  The State warned yesterday that a severe drought ravaging the expansive arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) region could lead […]

Kenya to introduce GMO cassava after regulatory assent

Reading Time: < 1 minute FOOD: Kenya has joined the league of world producers of genetically modified (GM) cassava, a milestone researchers say will largely […]

New grass set to boost milk production

Reading Time: < 1 minute Milk production in the country is set to increase by between 15 per cent and 40 per cent per year, […]

Accountant quits job to mint cash from cassava

Reading Time: 3 minutes Reuben Mwambingu @reubenmwambingu Remus Mngumi  strolls through the lush cassava plantation at his home in Baguo village in Malindi.  The […]

Sustainable aquaculture practices needed to boost production

Reading Time: 3 minutes Noven Owiti and Jasmine Atieno Agricultural researchers have rooted for better sustainable aquaculture management practices as a workable strategy that could […]

Residents venture into poultry farming to combat perpetual rustling

Reading Time: 2 minutes Livestock rearing is the most risky activity in Wangwaci Location, Ol Moran Division of Laikipia County because armed raiders who […]

Kalro develops fungus to fight aflatoxin spread

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (Kalro) has developed a fungus – aflasafe that contains the spread of the […]

NCPB steps up fight against aflatoxins in maize value chain

Reading Time: < 1 minute George Kebaso @Morarak National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) is racing against time to promote various initiatives under its mandate […]