Reprieve for donkey owners as slaughter ban helps stem theft
Tuesday December 22 2020
By FAITH NYAMAI
Summary
Donkey owners are celebrating the ongoing efforts by animal welfare organisations to push for a total ban on the slaughter of donkeys and consumption of their meat.
They are hopeful that the long nights of uncertainty about the safety of their donkeys will be consigned to memory, and that Kenya will soon see a significant increase in the number of donkeys, reversing the worrying decline in their population of recent years.
Kenya’s donkey population fell to about 1.2 million from 1.8 million in 2010, thanks in no small part to the decision in 2012 to allow their slaughter for export to the meet growing demand for its meat and hide in China.
THE STANDARD By
Jeckonia Otieno |
December 19th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Dr. Eston Mutitu (far right) shows officials from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry and the KEFRI Board of Directors equipment to be used for research in the newly built KEFRI insect quarantine and Research facility. [Emmanuel Mochoge, Standard]
Kenya has launched a Sh40 million insect quarantine facility hosted at the Kenya Forestry Research Institute (Kefri).
The research facility, the first in East and Central Africa and the second in Africa after South Africa, is a milestone for researchers.
The centre will help Kenya manage and control insects from other countries that come through border points.
By
Monica Njoki Thuo |
December 19th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
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Agriculture reforms will require proper funding to take root
Wednesday December 16 2020
Within 2020, quick wins have been made in several agriculture sub-sectors, while others are work in progress requiring more interventions to achieve intended results. PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK
By GEORGE WACHIRA
Summary
Agricultural reforms started in 2020 will systematically enhance productive and marketing effectiveness in various crop sub-sectors, despite hardships along the way.
It is less than a year since Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya embarked on reforms to revive various agricultural sub-sectors which were either collapsed or in need of institutional and regulatory streamlining to improve value chain performance and enhance farmer expectations.