New bugs, found in Kenya, can help to control major maize pests: Telenomus remus, egg parasitoids of Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugipdera Dr. Robert Copeland, Biosystematics Unit, icipeInsect pests, such as maize stemborers and fall armyworm, increasingly challenge food production around the world. Huge demands for crops have meant agricultural systems have simplified and … [Read more...] about New bugs, found in Kenya, can help to control major maize pests | The Conversation
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How the Spanish flu affected Kenya — and its similarities to coronavirus | The Conversation
How the Spanish flu affected Kenya -- and its similarities to coronavirus: Kenya's government have issued a directive that people must wear masks while in public places. Boniface Muthoni/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesThe 1918 influenza pandemic – called the “Spanish flu” – remains the most significant public health event ever recorded in human history. It’s … [Read more...] about How the Spanish flu affected Kenya — and its similarities to coronavirus | The Conversation
Predicting COVID-19: what applying a model in Kenya would look like | The Conversation
Predicting COVID-19: what applying a model in Kenya would look like: Staff members of Local NGO Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) in the Kibera slum, Nairobi, on March 20, 2020. Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty ImagesAs the Kenyan government continues to find more cases of COVID-19, test more people and trace those who were in contact with infected people, the number … [Read more...] about Predicting COVID-19: what applying a model in Kenya would look like | The Conversation
How the COVID-19 pandemic will affect informal workers. Insights from Kenya | The Conversation
How the COVID-19 pandemic will affect informal workers. Insights from Kenya: Vendors in a market Billy Miaron/ShutterstockCOVID-19 is going to have a devastating impact on economies. Africa has a particular vulnerability because so many people work in the informal sector. In an interview with Moina Spooner from The Conversation Africa, Njeri Kinyanjui explains how this could … [Read more...] about How the COVID-19 pandemic will affect informal workers. Insights from Kenya | The Conversation
Why Kenya has banned the commercial slaughter of donkeys | The Conversation
Why Kenya has banned the commercial slaughter of donkeys: Donkey carries water for pastoralists in Marsabit, Kenya Kandukuru Nagarjun/FlickrKenya has banned the commercial slaughter of donkeys. The trade in donkey meat and hide was legalised in 2012, but a report last year warned that the rise of donkey slaughterhouses in Kenya could wipe out all the animals in the country by … [Read more...] about Why Kenya has banned the commercial slaughter of donkeys | The Conversation
