Biggest sticking points for Kenya at climate change conference

Developing countries want to have an in-depth discussion on the institutional arrangements

By Stanley Ogwae 4 years ago

Rural women farmers need support

According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, women comprise 43 per cent of the world’s agricultural labour force.

By Stanley Ogwae 5 years ago

Obachi Machoka: My highs and lows farming in arid land

Veteran broadcaster shares the journey of setting up the now famous Fred’s Ranch, a classy 15-acre ranch that has hosted high profile guests

By Stanley Ogwae 5 years ago

Agri apps, toys that stole limelight at digital forum

From the young to the old, farmers flocked the Kalro headquarters to learn what digital farming is all about

By Stanley Ogwae 7 years ago

I left a posh Paris job for Moringa farm

Pray, what would make a gorgeous, high-flying woman who has the world at her feet to leave a posh and fulfilling marketing job in the bewitching city of Paris to come work in a remote farm in a little known village in Msambweni, Kwale County, where poverty reigns?

By Stanley Ogwae 8 years ago

Innovations galore at Nairobi ASK show

The Nairobi International Trade Fair was a mix of everything. To attract traffic to their sites, the exhibitors — from the universities, to the parastatals to corporates and SMEs — used all creative tactics.

By Stanley Ogwae 9 years ago

Magic that brought life in a ‘desert’

Chocking dust. Blazing sun. Withered vegetation. That is the rude welcome one receives as they drive to Mama Phylis Matampash and her husband Kenny Matampash’s farm deep in Kajiado County.

By Stanley Ogwae 9 years ago

Vet’s gamble in kuku kienyeji pays off after ditching dream American job

What do you call a young promising Kenyan who leaves a flashy Diaspora life after less than 10 years to come back to Kenya to start a poultry farm? Crazy perhaps.

By Stanley Ogwae 9 years ago

Pampered cattle that enjoy pedicures, massages, cool baths

We find the more than 20 Holstein-Friesian cows listening to soothing classical music. On close observation, the animals look like they are having a blast, and they are lost in their own world.

By Stanley Ogwae 9 years ago