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28 April

Without breaking the soil, the farmer turns dry land into the grain basket   By JULIUS SIGEI   KENYA The crop sways gently from side to side as the breeze sweeps through the Athi plains, about 40 kilometres from Nairobi.   The healthy wheat belies the veneer of a desolate wasteland as you leave the […]

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16 April

Food Security: Kenya secures US$18.8m funding from FAO to fight desert locusts KENYA – Kenya has landed an additional Sh2 billion (US$18.8m)from the United Nation’s Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) to help fight the resurgence of the desert locusts. According to a Standard Media report, this brings the country’s total arsenal for fighting the locusts to Sh4 billion […]

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