Conservation Agriculture
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)[1], conservation agriculture is a farming system that promotes minimum soil disturbance- that is zero tillage. It also includes maintaining a permanent soil
Leadership 101: the essentials for youth
Someone once said that today is the tomorrow our leaders promised us yesterday. End quote. Today is the day that youth should be fine-tuning their leadership skills so that they
Pigs-a gift that keeps giving!
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)[1], agriculture is key to Kenya’s economy as it contributing 26 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and a further 27
Being yourself, being content and building self confidence
Adolescence is a time when many young people experience low self-esteem, self-worth and self-confidence due to physical and hormonal changes they experience during that time. These bodily changes can cause
Handling peer pressure
The role that age-mates, also called peers, plays in the social and emotional growth of children and adolescents should not be taken for granted. This peer influence usually commences at
Financial inclusion enabled through table banking
Financial inclusion[1] is positioned as an important facilitator of the other 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is because it is included as a target in eight of the seventeen
Teenage pregnancies during Covid-19 lockdown-the aftermath
In a report released in 2018 ahead of the Day of the African Child, Human Rights Watch[1] indicated that tens of thousands of pregnant girls and adolescent mothers are banned
Safeguarding vulnerable families through community safety nets and safe spaces
According to the World Bank[1], an estimated 36 percent of the very poor globally escaped extreme poverty because of social safety nets. These safety nets go a long way in
Sustainable food systems for food security
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly[1] proclaimed 2016–2025 the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition on 1 April 2016 as an extraordinary opportunity for addressing all forms of malnutrition.