Infertility

The AGOA plan which came up with cotton initiative will not amount to much unless Kenya is able to make more intensive use of land.

So the big question must be how to make this possible.

Researchers like Dr Steve Mugo of Insect Resistant Maize for Africa (IRIMA) are already doing something about the predicament of the peasant farmer.

Dr Mugo says that already his organization has been conducting some experiment on maize which is likely to give the lot of peasant farmers like Mbura some hope.

Studies indicate that Sub-Saharan Africa is the only region in the world where agricultural production per person has declined for over the past 20 years.

Over 25 percent of the total population found in Africa is malnourished.

Researchers are aware that our peasant farmers are saddled with low agricultural productivity and that chief among their problems are lack of appropriate and adoptable improved production technologies.

The vast majority of peasant farmers rely on rain fed agriculture.

For the last two decades, most parts of the country have been ravaged by drought resulting in famine and the inevitable call for relief assistance from donor communities and food sufficient local populations.

The tragedy is that while Kenyans have continued to suffer serious food deficits resulting into starvation, this co...

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