Miyawaki method:growing a forest in 3 years.

Do you have a piece of degraded land and are keen to transform into a beautiful green ecosystem buzzing with biodiversity? Do you own a home in urban  area and would love to grow trees within your compound? Are you an architect and would love to incorporate some greenery into your designs. Look no more!…

Machakos farmers go organic.

To the west of Nairobi, sits a beautiful, hilly, semi-arid county. It is named after Masaku wa Munyeti, an Akamba chief. Welcome to Machakos home to Iveti hills. It is a radiant Thursday morning, my colleagues and I are here for three days to visit the farms of some of the farmers I trained last…

Tephrosia vogelli;the wonder pesticide tree.

Environmental and health concerns arising from the widespread farm use of chemicals in the form of fertilizers,insecticides and pesticides are leading farmers to embrace the use of natural remedies which present minimal residue problems on crops. One such remedy is Tephrosia vogelli. Image courtesy of Flora of Zimbabwe Also known as the fish-poison-tree or the…