Written by Ouedraogo Mariam
Le neem et le piment sont connus pour être des remèdes traditionnels au problème des ravageurs à la ferme.
De nombreux agriculteurs peuvent avoir peu ou pas de connaissances sur la façon de préparer et d’utiliser les extraits et finissent par dépendre tellement des pesticides synthétiques qui sont nocifs pour le sol, les plantes, les humains et même les animaux.
Written by Dennis Avokoywa.
PlantVillage’s Warrior View Project has received a major boost after 24 Morans were recruited to join the Dream Team in northern Kenya in helping African pastoralists in drylands combat climate change threats.
The young men, drawn from Samburu, Isiolo, and Marsabit counties, received training on the use of the PlantVillage Nuru and data collection applications in a three-day exercise that concluded on Wednesday, April 5, 2023.
Written by Emmy Neema
PlantVillage recently launched the borehole drilling process in Garashi, Magarini sub-county. The project is set to benefit 30 households through contract farming, to increase crop productivity, ensure water security, and enhance agroforestry.
The project is set to assist members of Nuru Community Irrigation Group CBO in producing high-value crops in three cropping seasons per year.
Written by Mercy Achieng
The PlantVillage team in Kenya trained Farmers of the Salabani community in Marigat, Baringo South on the production and benefits of biochar to the soil. A training that aimed to ensure climate change mitigation through regeneration of land and enhancement of soil fertility and productivity. The locals appreciated biochar as a soil amender for holding soil nutrients, improvement of soil water retention, and plant ecology. Our field officers are working with the locals to turn the highly invasive weed, Mesquite (Prosopsis juliflora) into biochar.
Written by Dennis Avokoywa
According to a report by USAID-Kenya, the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Kenya constitute 80% of the country's territory. Most counties, especially those in the northeastern part of the country, experience little to no rainfall, forcing the residing communities to rely heavily on livestock for their livelihood.
This over-reliance has often fueled conflicts, as competition for scarce resources like water and grazing land has triggered tensions leading to violence, thereby hampering livelihoods and infrastructural progress due to the rise of animal banditry.
Recognizing the need for a transformative approach, PlantVillage has initiated several projects in Northern Kenya to diversify pastoralists' livelihoods. Notable among these projects are the establishment of tree nurseries, kitchen gardens, and grazing management programs. These initiatives empower pastoralists to explore crop farming as a viable alternative to relying solely on livestock for their income.
"Most of our people are nomadic pastoralists who depend entirely on livestock. The root cause of this conflict lies in the absence of alternative income sources, leaving communities with little choice but to fiercely defend their territories," said Lesoi Pan, a casual at PlantVillage's tree nursery in Maralal, Samburu County.
Written by Mercyline Tata
PlantVillage scripted yet another success story in youth employment when it offered a one-week training in parasitoids mass production to 10 young graduates in Kenya.
Written by Dennis Avokoywa.
PlantVillage has kicked off with digging soil bunds to regenerate waste land into agricultural use as part of a package of projects meant for communities living in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) region in Kenya.
The digging of soil bunds is one of a number of recently launched projects in the northern region of the country, with Isiolo, Marsabit, and Samburu acting as pilot counties.
Soil bunds are holes dug on sloped land to slow down rain runoff and give the soil the ability and time to absorb that water, thereby reducing soil degradation.
Written by Emmy Neema
PlantVillage has partnered with the Malawi Plant Health Digital Service (MaDiPHS) to establish a digital plant health system aimed at predicting, identifying, monitoring, and managing pests and diseases.
The PlantVillage Nuru application has been selected as one of the monitoring tools used in the digital plant health system project, which will run for five years before it’s handed over to the Malawian government.
Written by Samuel Ondori
Written by Emmy Neema
As a means of scaling up the cassava project and ensuring an adequate supply of clean cassava planting materials and rapid multiplication of the seed, PlantVillage Dream Team members in Kilifi County, Kenya, received a training on the Minisett technology at Kizingitini in Kilifi South sub-county in an exercise led by Ms. Gladys Mrira of ASDSP.