As if Covid 19 is not enough!! A swarm of locusts is awe-inspiring and terrible. It begins as a dark smudge on the horizon, then a gathering darkness. A rustle becomes a clatter that crescendos as tens of millions of voracious, finger-sized, bright yellow insects descend on the land. Since late 2019, vast clouds of…
The Government of Kenya, in conjunction with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has set aside Ksh 3.2 billion to deal with the second wave invasion of the desert locust in the Country. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya, while speaking in Naivasha during a consultative meeting, said the government has managed to contain the first…
Members of the IL Ngwesi Conservancy community held a special general meeting to agree on their Boards’ proposed Carbon Credit Fund Projects. Through the Northern Rangeland Trust, a total of 14 conservancies have been awarded Kshs 36.6 Million towards climate change mitigation. As per the requirements of the carbon oversight committee at the NRT, a…
Imagine a situation where you have two seasons of depressed rains, desert locusts ravaging farmlands and people fighting over the few resources available. That is the making of a disaster. Alas, this is the reality farmers have been facing in many counties in the Country. At the beginning of September last year, the Kenya declared a…
Pestilence and disease are scary. We face both right now with fresh clouds of desert locusts entering the country and a Corona Virus that has circled the world in less than a year, already killing more than 2 million people. Our conservation response has been characterized by a scramble to cut costs, reduce labor, secure…