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Kenya is making remarkable scientific progress in the field of genomics, and we put this progress into context with our latest World of Genomics article. ....
FARMKENYA INITIATIVE News By Robert Amalemba | February 20th 2021 at 12:00:00 GMT +0300 Have you come across a cockerel weighing a cool 2.5 kilogrammes? Very rare. Well, this was one of the many attractions showcased during the just-ended 2021 Annual Mkulima Expo at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (Kalro) centre in Kakamega. And probably because Kakamega is stereotyped as the home of chicken lovers, the stand showcasing the giant bird was packed with curious farmers who wanted to know the secret behind the bird s admirable weight. Experts at the stand explained that the four-month-old rooster is a Kalro improved Kienyeji variety (KC). The weight, they said, is as a result of embracing recommended best practices from egg selection for hatching, to brooding, to vaccination, to proper feeding. ....
Wheat disease common to South America jumps to Africa Speed read The fungus can cause yield losses of up to 100 per cent. There is need for quick action to stem its spread, scientist say Share this article: Republish We encourage you to republish this article online and in print, it’s free under our creative commons attribution license, but please follow some simple guidelines: You have to credit our authors. You have to credit SciDev.Net where possible include our logo with a link back to the original article. You can simply run the first few lines of the article and then add: “Read the full article on SciDev.Net” containing a link back to the original article. ....