Pesticides are essential for successful food production, and thus farmers need them to grow safe, healthy food. Without them, they would lose a significant portion of their food crops, leading to food waste and increased costs of the available food following the decreased supply of produce to the markets. Today, a

The current rate of deforestation and destruction of natural flora and fauna has resulted in a drastic decline of natural pollinators. Farmers have now resulted to beekeeping alongside farming in order to increase pollinators ensuring crop yields and also to strengthen livelihoods through commercialization to increase economic revenue.

The long rains are a few days away. The farmers are awaiting eagerly for the rains so that they can do sowing (for those who have ploughed) and others to plough then sow. In central rift, farmers are waiting to plant maize, cabbages, Carrots, beans, Kales, peas, potatoes

The COVID-19 pandemic is already affecting food systems directly through impacts on food supply and demand, and indirectly – but just as importantly – through decreases in purchasing power, the capacity to produce and distribute food, and the intensification of care tasks, all of which will have differentiated