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Potato Prices Still High in Most Parts of the Country

The increase in prices has been attributed to the current shortage which was as a result of heavy rains across the country that which affected production. In Kitale and Kisii, the 50-kilogram bag is retailing at 3,500 shillings, 3,100 shillings in Mombasa, 3,000 shillings in

Unraveling power-play in land use planning

So what happens when multiple players are vying for land and its various uses, while continuously contesting the overlapping boundaries? Land use planning as a technical tool: a realistic approach? Land use planning at the national level in Lao PDR is meant to be a

Women farmers urge FG to return Jonathan’s GES Scheme

Women farmers under the umbrella of Small-Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON) have called for restoration of scrapped Growth Enhancement Scheme (GES) scheme. They made the call at the end of a two-day annual national farmers forum for smallholder women farmers organized by ActionAid

How agricultural research can navigate the perfect storm

Regrettably, in our efforts to tackle this complexity, we rarely find traction at the scales needed. Solutions need to work across scales: from farm to national to global. But also across sectors: food, water, energy and others. We are, after all, on a global campaign

African marginal producers urged to leverage opportunities

Chairman, Green Energy International Ltd., Prof. Anthony Adegbulugbe, has said marginal oil field producers in Africa must leverage unique opportunities in the oil and gas business to survive. Adegbulugbe, who spoke at the African Marginal & Independent Oil and Gas Producers Conference, in London, argued

Harvest Spotlight: Maize

Maize is a valuable commodity that is geographically dispersed across Nigeria and suitable for most Nigerians. It is perhaps the most common staple food in developing countries, providing food for 900 million people earning less than US $2 per day. Economics The world-wide consumption of