In Lagos, Nigeria, where the hum of the city mingles with the aroma of freshly baked bread, Chef Juliet Aigbe, known affectionally as “Chef Juls,” slides a grain-free wedding cake into a large ...

Famers have been urged to embrace indigenous crops as a way of increasing access to diversified diets and ensuring productivity in the wake of climate change. Over the years, in Kenya, monocropping of ...

I grew up in Kesogon village, in Kitale where poverty wore many faces—but hunger was not one of them. In our smoky, soot-darkened kitchen, my grandmother stirred bubbling pots of githeri, fried sucha ...

In Kenya’s semiarid Baringo county, Indigenous pastoralists like Salina Chepsat are moving from herding to diversified organic crop farming. They benefit from training by the Indigenous Women and ...

NAIROBI, March 6 (Reuters) - Kenya on Friday began distributing seeds for indigenous food crops worth 650 million shillings ($8.13 million) to farmers on Friday, hoping to lift the country out of food ...

Researchers, farmers, and global agricultural institutions are embracing long-neglected crops that promise better nutrition and more resilience to the changing climate. The first time the rains failed ...

KIKUYU, Kenya — Tucked away in a lush, forested area of central Kenya’s Kikuyu town, the National Seed Bank stands as a crucial safeguard for the future of the country’s agriculture. Inside two chilly ...