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.
Written by Mercy Achieng
The PlantVillage team in Kenya, has constructed the first-ever underground capillary wick irrigation system at the Ririma borehole in Marsabit County (Northern Kenya) for growing vegetables: cabbages, kale, curly kale, Swiss chard, capsicum, beetroot, and sweet potato vines.
The project comes as the drought situation in Kenya escalates, with communities in the Arid and Semi Arid Lands (ASAL regions) experiencing the worst effects in years. We are now entering the 6th successive below normal rain season which has led to widescale stress in the community.
The vegetable project is a resilience revolution and a bold step towards regreening Marsabit and, in the process, combating drought and famine, contributing to the national goal of food security for its people, and empowering vulnerable families through income generation.
Written by Dennis Avokoywa.
Seven young female scientists at the PlantVillage Parasitoids Rearing Lab at Alupe in Busia
County, Kenya, are notable for their remarkable work that is changing the game for farmers in
10 counties in Kenya in combating the problem of fall armyworms.
As the world marks International Women’s Day under the theme "Innovation and Technology for
Gender Equality," the lab at Alupe, supported by USAID, stands out as a good case study of a
modern biological crop pest control technology that has provided equal opportunities to 11
young scientists to explore their potential.
The lab, whose idea is modeled after PlantVillage’s advocacy for youth empowerment,
integrates into the whole idea of championing the cause of eradicating global hunger through
technology.
Written by Sam Oduor
Written by Emmy Neema
PlantVillage has partnered with the Ustadi Foundation in the Jobs Open for the Youth (JOY) project to create employment opportunities on a wage or through self-employment for rural youth in Kilifi County.
Written by Sam Oduor
For Christiana Mokube, joining PlantVillage to work for the African community to find solutions to food insecurity is the best experience she’s ever had, and one of the things she’s marking as this Black History Month edition comes to an end.
Written by Dennis Avokoywa.
At least 1,000 families living in Samburu, a county lying in the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) region of northeastern Kenya, will benefit from a large-scale agroforestry project initiated by PlantVillage’s Dream Agro Consultancy Limited in partnership with the County Government of Samburu.
The tree nursery project follows up on numerous mechanisms laid down by PlantVillage’s Dream Team officers working to uplift families in the drought-stricken region.
Written by Mercyline Tata
In the era of climate change, relying on rain-fed agriculture has become unsustainable. Particularly in Kenya, rainy seasons which typically start from march through May and October through December, after which the weather becomes too dry to support growing crops, have become uncertain. When rains are scarce, farmers risk losing entire crops to drought.
Written by Sam Oduor
Written by Marcos Niuaia
A lagarta do funil do milho foi detectada em 2017, nas províncias de Tete (distrito de Changara e cidade de Tete), Manica (distritos de Chimoio, Vanduzi, Catandica e Manica) e Gaza (distritos de Bilene, Chicualacuala e Xai-Xai) em Moçambique. A Lagarta do funil de milho, Spodoptera frugiperda, é uma praga migratória e polífaga que ataca mais de 80 diferentes tipos de culturas, incluíndo o arroz, mapira, trigo e cana-sacarina, sendo o milho seu principal hospedeiro. E nos últimos anos tem assolado outras províncias do país.