13 December 2024Impact Of Fall Armyworm On Maize, And The Controls The Fall Armyworm (FAW) (Spodoptera frugiperda) is a pest that attacks a wide variety of crops including Maize, Sugarcane, Wheat, Rice, Barley, and other Vegetables. It is best known for the destruction it causes in the Larval Stage. FAW was first
13 November 2024Comprehensive Guide to Beans Farming: From Planting to HarvestingBeans are among the most widely grown and consumed crops globally, offering numerous nutritional benefits. As the seeds of plants in the Fabaceae family (legumes), beans are rich in protein, fiber, folate, iron, potassium, and magnesium. Additionally, they are low in fat,
05 April 2022More small scale farmers in central Kenya have switched from growing food crops to planting and harvesting an herbal stimulant known locally as “Muguka”. The farmers say they now make almost three times as much from growing “Muguka” instead of food crops, but the local county government wants farmers to
05 February 2020The Horn of Africa has been hit by the worst invasion of desert locusts in 25 years, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Friday.The invasion poses an unprecedented threat to food security in the entire sub region, where more than 19 million people in East Africa are already
