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Amaranthus or pigweed (Mchicha (Swahili), Terere (Kikuyu), Lidodo (Luhya), Ododo (Luo))
Amaranth is an herbaceous annual belonging to the family Amaranthaceae with green or red leaves and branched flower stalks (heads) bearing small seeds, variable in color from cream to gold
Black nightshade or Garden huckleberry. Mnavu (Swahili), Managu (Kikuyu), Lisutsa (Luhya), and Osuga (Luo)
Narrow-leaved African nightshade is widely distributed throughout the tropics and can be found throughout East Africa. The plant is an erect,many-branched herb growing 0.5 to 1.0m high. The plant bears
WATER HARVESTING TECHNIQUES
In the arid lands of Africa, a lot of rainwater is lost as it falls and flows away. We can harvest a great deal of this water and store it
POULTRY HOUSING
A poultry house is a building for housing poultry. There are different types of poultry which are greatly influenced by the rearing system in use.
DAIRY HOUSING /ZERO-GRAZING UNIT
A dairy house is a farm structure designed to provide sleeping, feeding and milking facilities. It is also known as a zero-grazing unit and the cattle remain in the structure
PLANT EXTRACTS IN ORGANIC FARMING
Various parts of plants and their extracts are known to be either toxic or repellant to the pests of agriculture and are widely used in rural settings.Some of these extracts