Sammy Waweru

5 days ago | nation.africa | Sammy Waweru

After enjoying a bottle of beverage, what do you do with the container? Most people discard them on roads or parks. For Patricia Makele, however, plastic bottles are gold. The environmental science student converts plastic waste into an agricultural commodity, supporting climate-smart agriculture. Using plastic bottles, Makele assembles a tree drip system. Apart from the bottle, the system has a piece of wood and soda straw.

1 week ago | nation.africa | Sammy Waweru |Jackson Ngari

A majority of Kenyans can no longer afford meals made from potatoes—an alternative to ugali—due to a sharp rise in prices. The cost of a kilogramme of potatoes has surged by 20.9 percent, marking the highest increase among food items in the consumer price basket used to measure inflation.

1 week ago | nation.africa | Sammy Waweru

Content Rosinah Mbenya is the coordinator of Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Kenya, a network of 63 agencies. She speaks to Sammy Waweru on the importance of agro-ecology. Register to continue reading this premium articleTo continue reading, please subscribe for full accessTo continue reading, please subscribe for full access We're sorry, we couldn't load the articleIf you have an Ad-blocker please disable it and reload the page or try again later.

2 weeks ago | businessdailyafrica.com | Sammy Waweru

When Leah Karangi first turned to chilli farming in 2020, it was simply a break from office life—a temporary solution to sustain her young family during the Covid-19 pandemic. But what started as a stop-gap soon blossomed into a thriving agribusiness. Armed with a degree in community development and child psychology, and newly a mother of two, Leah relocated to her rural home in Kirinyaga in search of purpose and income.

2 weeks ago | taifaleo.nation.co.ke | Sammy Waweru

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