The National Irrigation Board in Kenya is promoting a rice production system (SRI) to improve food security. The programme combines using certified seeds and intensive water management with high levels of farmer sensitization.
The African white rice stem borer (Maliarpha separatella Ragonot) is a major pest of rice in Kenya. To understand and develop appropriate management packages, its population dynamics were studied at Mwea irrigation scheme in Central Kenya. This was for two wet and two dry periods. Farmer fields located in different parts of the scheme and […]
Food security in Kenya is a challenge due to increasing demand from the growing population and impacts of climate change among other factors. The impact of climate change is felt on rainfall pattern in terms of seasonal variability and long-term change. Therefore, it is necessary to go beyond the normal intensification of food production to […]