TOF Magazine

Dear reader,THROUGHOUT THE YEAR 2025, Biovision Africa Trust has been working in various counties, providing solutions to challenges faced by farmers; building the capacity of both the young and the aged to surmount challenges on the farm and maximizing opportunities for income generation. This edition features some of these impact stories, coming from Nyandarua, Machakos, […]

The recent ban of 77 synthetic chemicals from the Kenyan market is a testament to the limitations of overreliance on synthetic chemicals in food production. As the public becomes more aware of the dangers of haphazard chemical application on crops, what can farmers do to meet the demand for safe food? This edition samples exemplary

YOUTH ARE GRADUALLY taking up space in the agricultural sector, with groundbreaking innovations that save time, and costs, while maximizing productivity. In Kiambu County, young graduates have come together to create affordable, and accessible solutions for soil testing and soil amendment technologies with unprecedented impact. Technology is slowly transforming agriculture, bridging the farmer to fast

THIS EDITION EMPHASIZES key choices we can make at the household level that make a huge diff erence in the quality of life we live by maintaining thriving organic kitchen gardens, diversifying the crops we grow to include nutrient-dense crops such as mushrooms, and integrating other ventures such as fish farming and poultry keeping. This

Sweet potatoes can be grown in a wide range of environments with minimal inputs and unlike cereal crops, which have to be harvested at the same time, sweet potatoes can be harvested in piecemeal or stored unharvested in the ground after reaching maturity. They provide many benefits including fodder for animals. Read this and more

As the year comes to an end, we are grateful for the opportunity of knowledge co-creation and sharing we have had so far. The economic situation in the country has worsened as consumers grapple with high cost of living, amid increased taxation and political instability. These challenges require strategies that ensure economic resilience and food

Dear reader, FARMERS ACROSS THE country are defying the harsh reality of climate change by turning to climate smart agricultural technologies. Through interventions by Biovision Africa Trust’s Farmer Communication Programme, knowledge on agro-ecology is being transferred through trainings at the grassroot with farmers reporting increased production, reduced expenditure on farm inputs, and diversified income-generating activities.