Nairobi, Kenya (13 January 2009)—Responding to sub-Saharan Africa's soil health crisis, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) announced today an ambitious new effort to produce the ...

I can’t get enough of this richly colored soil map of Kenya. So I made some wallpapers. I’ve always had a soft spot for maps. Geologic ones, especially. If you share my interest in colorful, ...

Kenya's agricultural story is shifting beneath our feet-from hard soil to hard data. For decades, millions of smallholder farmers have farmed without guidance, applying fertiliser and using seeds ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. Despite poor soil fertility and water scarcity, thousands ...

Nairobi — Africa's more than 600 lakes could turn into swamps due to environmental degradation. Scientists attending the 11th World's Lake Conference held in Nairobi last week said destruction of ...

Over 95 percent of smallholder farms in Kenya show severe depletion of essential soil nutrients - nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. Moreover, Kenya's agricultural soils have dangerously low soil ...

Mr Oyoo Awuondo, a farmer at a maize farm in Bondo. The area has been experiencing drought for over one month now. The Government has embarked on a drive to map Kenyan soils to establish their ...

Healthy soil is better able to withstand droughts and flooding linked to climate change, but poor, unhealthy soil means meagre harvests and undermines human welfare Farmers get their soil tested ...