Why your garlic may be rotting and how to stop it before it starts

Garlic is a hardy crop, but still faces its fair share of challenges. To grow healthy, high-yielding garlic, it’s important to pay attention to three areas – pest control, disease management and proper plant nutrition. These factors work together to ensure garlic plants remain vigorous.Though garlic is known to repel …

Kenya, CIP Sign Agreement for Late Blight Resistant Biotech Potato

By Duncan Mboyah Kenya and the International Potato Center (CIP) have signed a licensing agreement to transfer a biotech potato that is resistant to late blight disease. Dr. Eliud Kireger, the Director General of Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), said that the signing of the agreement is a …