At just 23 years, Mr Musyoki Ndasya hopes that the 22-acre mango plantation left to him by his grandfather will make him and ...

A 15th-century manuscript shows trees bearing (clockwise from top left): sweet apples, jujubes, lemons, cherries, dates, and sour apples. By 7,000 years ago, people in New Guinea were cultivating ...

The chicken that Maureen Waithira keeps and sells to neighbors and local eateries in Kandara / ALICE WAITHERAMaureen Waithira stands on a makeshift bridge across Thugi stream that she uses to irrigate ...

Beatrice Wangare Kamau is a farmer from Molo in Nakuru County who has grown cereals and vegetables for the past two decades. However, the effects of climate change have increasingly undermined her ...

Goldenberries (Physalis peruviana) are small, round fruits belonging to the nightshade family, which also includes tomatoes and eggplants. Each berry is enclosed in a papery husk and typically ...

As Kenya continues to grapple with recurrent droughts and rising food imports, the government has intensified its push for irrigation-led, large-scale agriculture, warning that rain-fed farming can no ...

For years, policymakers, development practitioners, and farmer organisations have wrestled with a familiar question: how do we make agriculture attractive to the young people? The uncomfortable truth ...