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As fruit trees fall, a hunger threat looms in Kenya

NAIROBI, KENYA: When Leah Mutembei was growing up in Kajuki, a village in central Kenya, most farms were dotted with avocado and mango trees. “But now they have all gone,” the 32-year-old maize farmer ...
Thomson Reuters Foundation

Kenyan farmers battle fruit-fly menace as climate warms

KIRWIRE VILLAGE, Kenya, April 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Gideon Gitonga inspected his avocado orchard in central Kenya with military precision, revealing that some of the fruit were tinged with ...
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Is This a Real Photo of a Mango Tree?

In June 2023, an image began to spread on social media platforms claiming to show a mango tree. "Mango tree in Yemen," various Twitter users posted on June 26, 2023. Attached to the posts was a photo ...
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Kenyan coastal community earning economic livelihood through conservation of mangrove trees

Since its inception in 2014, Mikoko Pamoja Community Based Organisation has been able to ensure conservation of 117 ha of mangroves in the Gazi bay. In addition, the group through the technical ...