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April 19
Kenya: Portable Ginnery Could Revive Kenya's Ailing Cotton Industry
Kirinyaga University may have just breathed new life into Kenya's ailing cotton industry as varsity dons develop a portable cotton ginnery. Read more »
March 08
Kenya: International Women's Day, 2024 - Inside Women Dominated Seaweed Farms in Kenya's Indian Ocean Waters
Nearly two kilometers into the Indian Ocean from the Mwazaro beach coastline in Lunga Lunga Sub-County, Kwale County, women can be spotted seated in the shallow ocean waters or… Read more »
February 29
Kenya: Air Quality Sensors Boosting Nairobi's Fight Against Air Pollution
Deborah Adhiambo (43) has been battling mild asthma since 2022, a condition she describes as "both a health and economic burden." The mother of three lives within Dandora Estate,… Read more »
February 28
Africa: 'I Haven't Forgotten Where I Came From,' Says Pinto, Incoming Rice Research Institute Chief
Growing up on a small farming station in Holetta (Ethiopia), Yvonne Pinto would accompany her agriculturist father to the farm, where she would spend her time cross-fertilizing… Read more »
February 22
Kenya: Inside Kenya's Seed Control Battle - Why Smallholder Farmers Want to Share Indigenous Seeds
A group of 15 smallholder farmers in Kenya petitioned the country's High Court, seeking to compel the government to review sections of a law that bans the sharing and exchange of… Read more »
Kenya: Coastal Indigenous and Minority Women Driving Kenya's Blue Forest Conservation Efforts
Fish vanished from the sea near Tsunza, a village on Kenya's coast, after several oil spills between 2003 and 2006. The impact of this and the vanishing mangroves badly affected… Read more »
January 26
Kenya: Under the Scorching Sun Kenyan Farmers Find New Ways to Beat Climate Change
Rural Kenyans are forging a path toward a more sustainable future and protecting their lives and livelihoods from climate change through regenerative agriculture, nurturing hope… Read more »
October 31, 2023
Kenya: Women Correct Historical Injustices, Build Climate Resilience Through Cash Pooling
Excluded by inheritance and ignored by big business, women farmers in Kenya are turning to innovative methods to become independent food producers and get the financial backing to… Read more »
October 20, 2023
Africa: To Attain the SDGs, We Must End Female Genital Mutilation
The tips of our fingers have densely packed nerve endings. That is why a miniscule paper cut activates our pain receptors and causes stubborn pain for a day or two. Now consider… Read more »
October 10, 2023
Kenya: Kenyan Scientist Elected Chair of Inter-Governmental Biodiversity Body
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) recently elected David Obura as Chair. The coral reef expert will serve a 3-year term… Read more »
September 01, 2023
Africa: Africa Climate Summit - a Critical Opportunity for Collective Action On Climate Change
As an African, I have seen first-hand the devastating effects of climate change. I have met communities displaced by floods in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. I have spoken to… Read more »
August 28, 2023
Kenya: Kenya's Population Growth Decreases As More Women Embrace Modern Family Planning
According to a family planning brief, more than 370 million women in middle and low-income countries were finally embracing modern contraception to help curb unintended… Read more »
August 15, 2023
Kenya: Cost of Living Protests Met With Police Repression - Accountability Needed
Protests against the high cost of living in Kenya have been met with police violence. Talks are currently underway between government and opposition - but whatever results will… Read more »
August 04, 2023
Africa: Stubborn and Persistent - the Gender Pay Gap Refuses to Budge
By Jemimah Njuki and Jocelyn Chu Read more »
June 16, 2023
Kenya: Kenya's Hits and Misses On Journey to Eliminating Plastic Waste
Plastic bags were a part and parcel of life in Kenya. More than 100 million plastic bags were used annually in Kenyan supermarkets alone, with at least 24 million plastic bags… Read more »
June 07, 2023
Kenya: Kenya Seeks Fair, Equitable Climate Action at Bonn Conference
The Climate Change envoy to the President of Kenya has asked Kenya's and, by extension Africa's negotiators at the ongoing climate conference in Bonn, Germany, not to put much… Read more »
May 29, 2023
Kenya: Scientist's Trend-Setting Research Into Health Benefits of Snails
Snails and slime are usually followed by the thought 'EEW!' from most people ... some might even scream at seeing a snail near them. Read more »
May 09, 2023
Kenya: Climate Change Threatens Historical Sites in Coastal Region
Along coastal Kenya, historical sites and monuments are threatened due to the impacts of climate change--structures along the Indian Ocean are falling to ruin or collapsing into… Read more »
March 27, 2023
Kenya: Climate Resilient Indigenous Crops Underutilised Even As Climate Change Threatens to Cripple Food Systems
Elizabeth Njoroge recounts her poverty-stricken upbringing in Ting'ang'a village in the Central part of Kenya, growing up on a diet heavy on Amaranth and pumpkin. Read more »
March 22, 2023
Kenya: Entrepreneur Using Organic Microbes to Unlock Hidden Nutrients in Dairy Feeds
Using naturally occurring microbes, a Kenyan entrepreneur has developed a molasses-based supplement that pre-ferments animal feeds to unlock all the necessary nutrients that would… Read more »
March 13, 2023
Kenya: Solar Powered Freezer Improving Immunization Coverage in Hard-to-Reach Rural Villages
Up until 2019, nurses in three health facilities located in the semi-arid south-eastern Kenya region of Makueni County struggled to bring critical health services closer to a… Read more »
March 08, 2023
Kenya: First Ever Women Council of Elders Making Inroads in North Eastern Kenya #IWD23
This feature is part of a series to mark International Women's Day, March 8. Read more »
November 02, 2022
Kenya: Land Ownership Model Is Restoring Biodiversity, Empowering Communities in Kenya #AfricaClimateHope
When Mara Siana Conservancy came into operation in 2016, there was a single zebra and a topi (antelope) in the valley just outside the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. The… Read more »
October 25, 2022
Kenya: Broken Relationship With Nature Exposed As Global Wildlife Population Plummets
Home to a variety of iconic and rare animal and plant species, freshwater lakes, rivers, waterfalls, and the expansive Indian Ocean coastline, Kenya's place as a biodiversity… Read more »
October 11, 2022
Kenya: University Outreach Project Teaching Tissue Culture to Potato Farmers
World Food Day is celebrated on October 16, 2022, with the theme Leave NO ONE behind. During this week IPS will look at features that showcase better production, better nutrition,… Read more »
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