Sweet potato is grown on a small scale in coastal Kenya due to shortage of planting material and use of varieties that are not drought tolerant. Most farmers plant their sweet potato on flat ground to avoid the labor-intensive ...

In Kenya, threshing of common beans at smallholder level is mainly by traditional methods using sticks and animal trampling which are slow, inefficient and tedious. Combine harvesters are suitable for overcoming such ...

In sub-Saharan Africa, poor complementary feeding practices, mainly nutritionally inadequate, are an important factor contributing to infant and child malnutrition, associated with stunting, and high morbidity and mortality. ...

Demand for baobab fruits and baobab-derived foods has recently surged as a result of a growing ready market both locally and internationally, especially after both the European Union and the United Nations approved it as ...

Papaya (Carica papaya L.) is an important fruit crop in Kenya, grown by small and large-scale farmers for local and export markets, providing income to many papaya producers. Ripe fruits are rich in vitamins A and C, ...

In a bid to address the challenge of childhood malnutrition caused by poor complementary feeding, this study was aimed to formulate accessible complementary foods from selected cereals and legumes. Evaluation of the foods ...

The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is widely referred as the “tree of life” for its important role in the 10 million livelihoods from over 90 countries globally. In Kenya, the coconut sub-sector is valued at KES 25 billion, ...

Micronutrient malnutrition (MNM) is widespread in the industrialized nations, but even more so in the developing regions of the world. Food fortification is considered as an important strategy to address micronutrient ...

Forests offer vital economic, social, ecological and cultural benefits yet they continue to be degraded at a higher rate than other natural ecosystems. To reverse this trend, payment for ecosystem services (PES) programs ...

There has been low papaya production in Kenya due to poor and low quality seeds that results to low yield accompanied by poor quality. The seeds majorly utilized for propagation are selected by farmers from their previous ...