{"id":3030932,"date":"2023-12-12T10:28:53","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T10:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/?page_id=3030932"},"modified":"2025-08-29T09:06:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T08:06:18","slug":"kenya","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/plantwiseplus\/countries\/kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p><\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\t\tYou are here:\n<span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/plantwiseplus\/\">PlantwisePlus<\/a><\/span> \/ <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/plantwiseplus\/countries\/\">Where we work<\/a><\/span> \/ <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Kenya<\/span><\/span>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tPlantwisePlus in Kenya\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Smallholder farming in Kenya is pivotal in the country&#8217;s agricultural landscape, contributing significantly to food security and rural livelihoods.<\/p>\n<p>PlantwisePlus works with partners to empower farmers to have increased incomes and grow safer and higher-quality food through sustainable approaches to crop production. Key projects in Kenya include the successful release of a biocontrol agent to mitigate the impact of papaya mealybug and training young people in agri-service provision.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tLatest blogs\t<\/h2>\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.plantwise.org\/tag\/kenya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read all Kenya blogs &gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" title=\"Sustainable managing papaya mealybug\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DMu9k2N0WMU?si=X7YD_zeXzqHQ6nN\"><\/iframe>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tResearch and publications\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tContact us\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/cabi-people\/florence-chege\/\" target=\"_blank\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Florence-Chege-scaled-e1709121552627-300x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"Florence-Chege-scaled-e1709121552627-300x300\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Florence-Chege-scaled-e1709121552627-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Florence-Chege-scaled-e1709121552627-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" title=\"Florence-Chege-scaled-e1709121552627-300x300\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/cabi-people\/florence-chege\/\">Florence Chege<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><strong>PlantwisePlus Country Coordinator, Kenya<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Project Scientist<\/p>\n<p>E: <a href=\"mailto:f.chege@cabi.org\">f.chege@cabi.org<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tCountries we work in\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tLearn more about PlantwisePlus\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Delivered through gender-sensitive and climate-resilient approaches, PlantwisePlus is tackling the challenges facing smallholder production through three impact pathways<strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/plantwiseplus\/about\/pest-preparedness\/\">Pest Preparedness<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/plantwiseplus\/about\/pesticide-risk-reduction\/\"><strong>Pesticide Risk Reduction<\/strong><\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/plantwiseplus\/about\/farmer-advisory\/\"><strong>Farmer Advisory<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key projects in Kenya include the successful release of a biocontrol agent to mitigate the impact of papaya mealybug.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3030933,"parent":3030669,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"section":[3835],"pathway":[3852],"class_list":["post-3030932","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","section-plantwise-plus","pathway-pest-preparedness"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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