While agriculture is the economic activity that contributes the most to Kenya's GDP, a majority of Kenyans have yet to embrace mechanisation. There is also almost zero use of irrigation, with a ...

Shalom Farm sits on 25 acres of land in Kitale, Kenya, boasting a wide range of crops including bananas, sweet potatoes, spinach, collard greens, traditional vegetables, maize and beans, which are ...

SONGEA: Did you know that solar power is rapidly transforming the agricultural landscape across East Africa? This compelling ...

Eugine Asubila is a young farmer from Kakamega. She firststarted farming on less than half an acre, but dreamed of something more.With access to farming inputs and training, Eugine not onlygrows ...

Aquaculture—the farming of fish and other aquatic organisms—is the world's fastest-growing food production system.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A large mushroom farm near the Kenyan capital of Nairobi is one of a kind: It grows fungi on an industrial scale — not as food for restaurants but as a building material that ...

Scientists in Kenya are using nuclear science to help farmers modernize their planting practices amid changing climate patterns. “Kenya, like many African countries, is struggling to grow the crops it ...

Scientists say a 15-year-long research project on the comparison between conventional and organic agriculture has led to positive results. The scientists working under the SysCom Kenya Research ...