CULTIVATING IDEAS FOR GROWTH
Feeding the growing human population in a sustainable manner requires transforming food systems to be health-promoting, economically viable, equitable, and ecologically sound. Solving this challenge involves tackling issues around food production systems, food security, and food sovereignty at local, national, and global scales.
This collaboration aims to increase financial access to at least 75,000 farmers, 70% of whom are women, facilitating loans worth RWF 5.2 billion ($4 million) over the next three years. By Our Reporter The USAID-funded Feed the Future Rwanda Hinga Wunguke Activity, implemented by Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA), recently unveiled four new partnerships […]
The system is inspired by the ancient art and design-based printing processes such as wood blocking, combined with local materials and enzymes from local plants and bacteria to make it affordable. By EB Content Studio and Sofia Villegas Scottish university is developing a low-cost sensor system to boost food security in Kenya. Researchers from the University
Kenyan, Scottish varsities partner to design affordable tech to tackle food insecurity Read More »
Africa had 30,000 edible plant species, and 7,000 were traditionally cultivated or foraged for food. The continent is a treasure trove of agrobiodiversity (a diversity of types of crops and animals) and its countries could easily feed themselves. By Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi African countries have become reliant on a few food items. Just 20 plant species now
According to the firm’s boss, sustained national compliance to ESG standards would necessitate joint engagements, as well as capacity-building among local stakeholders By EB Content Studio Kenyan agricultural producer, Kakuzi, has promised no deceleration in the company’s efforts to ensure ”robust and sound” environmental, social and governance standards. Speaking at the Fruit Logistica exhibition held recently in
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Civil claim relating to alleged killing, rape and attacks by guards at pineapple farm should be struck out, claim firm’s lawyers By EB Content Studio and The Guardian Thika-Fresh Del Monte has claimed it should not be held liable for a civil lawsuit alleging killing, rape and violence by security guards at its Kenyan pineapple
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According to a UN report, adoption of regenerative agriculture has the potential to generate approximately five million jobs by 2040 in Africa. Additionally, it aims to boost revenue and ensure food security for smallholder farmers. By Robert Kibet Kontiang — Rural Kenyans are forging a path toward a more sustainable future and protecting their lives and
Under the scorching sun, Kenyan farmers find new strategies to beat Climate Change Read More »
Residents of Munje, a fishing village south of the Kenyan port of Mombasa, have established an octopus closure to ensure sustainable fishing. Octopus catches in the reefs just offshore had been declining as larger numbers of fishers, often using damaging techniques, hunted this profitable species. By MongaBay MUNJE, Kenya — From the middle of 2023, a
Kenyan villagers show how to harvest more octopus by fishing less Read More »
Urban agriculture must embrace environmental-friendly practices, like planting drought-tolerant plants, to cut back on the consumption of irrigation water, which is usually scarce in urban areas By EB Content Studio Urban agriculture has immense contributions to food security, but should be climate smart, urban agriculture experts underscored at the inaugural edition of the African Conference on
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An increasing number of farmers are surviving drought and downpours by supplementing their income by raising fish. By Caroline Wambui When Elijah Murithi grew bananas in the 1980s and 1990s, central Kenya’s increasingly erratic weather meant the farmer could rarely make a steady income from the thirsty crop. Prolonged dry spells killed Murithi’s young plants, and
As climate bites, more Kenyans embrace aquaculture Read More »
Research using new technology methods delivers uniquely rich farmer perspectives in real time with 80% of Fairtrade farmers surveyed reporting that they feel prepared to face the effects of climate change. Fairtrade makes training and programmes available to producers so they can use the latest agricultural methods, and 90% of coffee farmers surveyed reported applying
