Cowpeas farming in Kenya is done for the cowpeas seeds and also their leaves. The cowpeas are the easiest of the plants in the bean family to grow. They do well in the harshest of climates and require very little rainfall. Cowpeas are rarely grown under irrigation since they yield a lot of leaves when exposed to a lot of water but produce little grain. The rainfall required for the farming of cowpRead More…
Sorghum is an important food security crop especially in semi-arid lands of Kenya. It is adapted in a wide agro-ecological zones. Sorghum requires less water than maize thus offering great potential for supplementing food and feed resources. Although sorghum varieties with a yield potential of 2 to 5t/ha are available, their productivity has remained low, at 0.7t/ ha. The major constraints to sorgRead More…
The Agricultural sector globally is one of the most vulnerable to effects of climate change . Eastern Kenya being a semi-Arid LandSAL is most vulnerable to effects of climate change due to unstable nature of the environment. The region is prone to low, highly erratic rainfall with long dry seasons, unpredictable rainfall patterns, high evapotranspiration and low soil fertility leading to poor cropRead More…