In partnership with scientists from Wageningen University in the Netherlands, this project, funded by a $5M grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, addresses food security concerns by ...

A research team identified potential Striga-suppressing rhizobacteria associated with sorghum, which have been shown to significantly reduce Striga seed germination rates. This study highlights the ...

Kenya has become the first country in the world to commercialise a weed technology, kichawi kill, to combat the Striga weed, alo referred to as kayongo or witchweed. The witchweed is one of the worst ...

More than 13,000 farmers in western Kenya have embraced a sensitisation programme promoting the use of eco-friendly herbicides to combat the pervasive Striga weed jeopardising soil fertility. Speaking ...

Maize Farmers in Bauchi State has been recording 100 per cent yield per hectare in the past three years as a result of adoption of striga weed control techniques introduced in 2011. Programme Manager ...