Kenya is a country in East Africa on the coast of the Indian Ocean. Nairobi is the largest city and capital. As of 2016, the population was 48.46 million, but by the year 2025, the population should increase by 2.20 percent, making the population 66,959,993 people. Kenya has an increasing birth and death rate. Kenya's currency is called Kenyan shilling. One Kenyan shilling is equal to 0.0099 U.S. dollars. Kenya is known for their crop growth and living creatures.
Kenya’s most popular crop is known as maize, which is a cereal grain and is the staple crop also called corn. Due to the dryness and heat of climate Kenya is able to produce crops such as maize. In order for it to grow the air must be dry because in the dry season the grains are less likely to rot in the field and the farmers want to avoid that happening. After the maize is grown and it’s completely dry the cobs are removed then the grains are grounded in a mill to produce maize flour and it's also consumed as a food grain.
There are many harmful objects or creatures that can damage crops. More than one-fourth of the population go hungry and there is a forty percent maize crop loss in
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Many of the banana crops have diseases, but there are methods for the disease-free banana civilization. The traditional method has a fifty percent crop loss, which is a big downside and also the disease could transfer to a “sucker”. The other method is known as the “Tissue Culture” method (T.C. Method). First the growth tip of the banana is dipped into a bleach bath. Then it’s dipped into a ethanol bath, which is an alcohol bath. Lastly, the banana goes into growth hormone. The growth hormone encourages cell division and one growth tip produces twenty disease-free plants, then from the initial twenty, a further one thousand are produced. One half million people of Kenya benefit from this and now the growers can sell the disease-free banana plants for three hundred dollars a
Kenya is in a malnourished area, so the farmers should sell their produce more locally for better improvements
98.8% of the population is made up of ethnic Somalis (Kraus). Other minority groups include Arabs, Indians, Italians, and Pakistanis. Most Somalis are nomadic or semi nomadic herders of livestock. The rest are either crop farmers or inhabitants of the few urban centers. The official languages of the country are Somali and Arabic and the state religion is Islam (“Somalian People”).
“Although bananas may only look like a fruit, they represent a wide variety of environmental, economic, social and political problems. The banana trade symbolises economic imperialism, injustices in the global trade market, and the globalisation of the agricultural economy. Bananas are also number four on the list of staple crops in the world and one of the biggest profit makers in supermarkets, making them critical for economic and global food security. As one of the first tropical fruits to be exported, bananas were a cheap way to bring “the tropics” to North America and Europe. Bananas have become such a common, inexpensive grocery item that
With the rapid growth of our global population pouring into the next millennium, we will witness an ever-growing hunger rate around the world. That is unless we call for a revolution on the global scale. The Green Revolution which already sprouted in the early part of the century only need to add a bit more momentum and we will see a bright future for the human race, a future without hunger and starvation ¡V hopefully.It is becoming increasingly difficult for the planet to support its overwhelming population. And since the amount of arable land available is becoming scarce, we must seek ways to dramatically improve crop yields of existing cropland.
Though acquiring progression in their society, however, the colonial dominance of the Britain’s in Kenya was relatively unproductive and introduced rather more destructivity and inequality amongst the genders. This type of behavior is evident in modern Kenya, however, politically and economically it is to be awarded to the Britain’s that during their colonial rule they did however maintain the agricultural aspects of Kenya, whether for their own advantages. However, modern Kenya is rather insufficient in keeping its political and economic aspects together, which is the explanation of why it is suffering big time. However, Kenya under the Britain’s was in fact treated maliciously.
Fortunately, Niger’s workforce consists of ninety percent farmers. Therefore, it is possible for Nigerien farmers to specialize on growing specific heat resistant crops. Niger’s dry climate limits the type of crops and food that the country can grow. Accordingly, they need a lot of agriculture strategy. Then, they will need to make sure that the crop or food is highly demanded throughout several
Kenya's agriculture is sufficiently diversified to produce nearly all of the nation's basic foodstuffs. To some extent, Kenya also helps feed neighboring countries.
the needed work to maintain the crops. With evidence, it shows that making genetically modified
The technological field of Biopharming promises much in the sense beneficiary gains, such as cheaper and more easily accessible pharmaceutical medicines. Aspects such as increased employment and a stronger economy are always joyful statements to any country’s ear. But these gains are heavily outweighed by the negatives of the field. Simply the chance of a nation’s food supply being contaminated will cause an uproar in the population and send that nation’s government into huge regret. The world does not seem ready yet to face the ethical issues that come with the manipulation of plant genetics to create the medicine that people take for granted every day. But in saying this, it is important to remember that the field of Biopharming is still relatively young, still with all of its bugs and imperfections. Further research on creating its perfection is inevitable.
The climate in Kenya can vary depending on where you are. The climate is better known as tropical. The climate can vary it can go from mostly cool to very hot. It does rain time to time in Kenya but not often. Along the coastal cities the temperature changes from cool to hot almost every day. The more you travel into Kenya the more the temperature changes. The temperature changes as it shifts from day to night. For many parts of the country the daytime temperature rises to about 12 degrees C. At lower altitudes, the temperature increases from day and night. In the morning the temperature is relatively high, and at night the temperature can drop below sea level. Places along the Indian have a more moderate temperature, as it becomes cooler in the daytime. In the winter months temperature slightly changes.
Additionally, climatic conditions make it impossible sometimes for some years in some countries to cultivate crops in Kenya. Climate changes such as drought and flooding are an example. Because Africa is a tropical region, it experiences drought often (Deng).
Securing enough food to feed not only the human population but the livestock which supports us, has been an ever growing concern. The United Nations estimates more than 900 million people worldwide are undernourished and expects this to worsen by 2050 when the Earth’s population increases by 50%. GM varieties of crops such as corn and soybeans offer better yields and increased resistance to pests than non-GM varieties. In addition, GM crops offer other advantages including increased resistance to disease, drought, cold climate, and pests and herbicides. With such enhancements, we have a greater chance at sustaining conventional methods of agriculture and cattle-breeding while conserving precious resources to secure our future for generations to
The recent rising global temperatures are causing farmers to not be able to plant and grow crops like they could before. Author, Jessica Leber, adds, “Experts predict climate change will increase Kenya's already tough food security challenges. Its small landholding farmers feed most of the country and also make up most of its very poor population”. Kenyans have also cut down trees in order sell firewood and moved into cities in desperate search for work so they can provide food for themselves and family. Farmers are working with what they can and are diversifying their crops by planting more drought-tolerant grains such as peas and beans. Small businesses are also making an income that isn't connected to the rain cycles. For example, one-thousand-dollars was loaned to groups of women who have started businesses to produce food. “The bank's loans helped families pay for emergency health care and food purchases during the drought.”, according to, www.scientificamerican.com. Due to these rising temperatures and lack of food, Kenyans have to adapt to what is available and when they can’t grow crops they have to move and find work
Kenyan is a country that is in the East of Africa. The country straddles the equator, covering a total of 224,961 square miles (582,600 square kilometers; roughly twice the size of the state of Nevada). Kenya has wide white-sand beaches on the coast. Inland plains cover three-quarters of the country; they are mostly bush, covered in underbrush. In the west are the highlands where the altitude rises from three thousand to ten thousand feet. (http://www.everyculture.com/Ja-Ma/Kenya.html#ixzz3El9fIIYC) Nairobi, the largest city and the capital of Kenya is located in the central highlands.
Kenya is a country located in eastern part of Africa.it is estimated to be having a population of 40 million people .Even though it is experiencing equatorial rainfall the all seasons, good tourist attraction sites and fertile land due to its geographical location. Large percentage of the population is suffering from poverty. Poverty in Kenya is caused by three main reasons Corrupted, selfish and ambitious government leaders, tribalism, poor road and infrastructure and lack of jobs.