Kenya, Aug 24, 2026 (AFP) - Kenyan farmers turn to bugs as organic demand grows

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Kenyan farmer George Muturi says the stinky wooden shack teeming with redworms has helped rescue his land from the soil degradation caused by chemical fertilisers. Agriculture is vital to east Africa's economy, but a 2025 soil report by the Heinrich Boll Foundation, a German think tank, found that more than 40 percent of the region's soils were degraded -- in part by overuse of chemical fertilisers -- costing more than $65 billion a year in lost......

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UUKWANDONGO, 22 August 2026 — Omukwaniilwa (King) Johannes Mupiya of the Ongandjera Traditional Authority has officially handed over more than 60 hectares of fertile land to the state to bolster agricultural production and national food security. Prime Minister Dr. Elijah Ngurare accepted the land grant on behalf of the government during a ceremony on Saturday. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

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