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05 June 2025
Askah Nyakwara is no ordinary lady because she is leading a team that is doing extraordinary things with what would have otherwise been thrown away as banana waste. At the roadside WEFAHSON Cooperative premises her team produces all sorts of household items, all made from banana waste. She is among a...
05 June 2025
Mau Eburu Forest is situated on the outskirts of Naivasha town. It overlooks Lakes Niavasha and Elemeinta. Its current form covers wounds inflicted on it through wanton charcoal burning and illegal logging. But that is not the only healing wound. Bees a major shareholder in this ecosystem have concealed their past...
27 May 2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) joined the national government of Kenya, County Government of Turkana, the Apiculture Platform of Kenya (APK) and other stakeholders in bee keeping industry to celebrate the World Bee Day. This year’s theme – “Bee inspired by nature to nourish all”...
27 May 2025
Farmers along the banks of the River Turkwell in Turkana County were once heavily reliant on livestock and a limited variety of cereal crops. In 2020, groundnuts were introduced as a pilot crop and have since quickly become a symbol of renewal, contributing to restored soil fertility, household nutrition diversifying...
21 May 2025
  Behind the table with the organic farm inputs stands Paul Mburu, a 34-year-old Chief Executive Officer of Agriflora Organic Production Solutions based in Laikipia County. He has come to the city of Nairobi to showcase their products supported by the Circular Economy in the County Aggregation and Industrial Parks Project...
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