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September 13, 2025
Kenya Nears Release of Disease-Resistant 3R Potatoes to Protect Farmers from Late Blight
Kenya nears release of '3R' Late Blight-resistant potatoes after 20+ years of research by CIP & KALRO. Supported by 2Blades, Feed the Future & Simplot, the varieties promise higher yields, disease protection, and improved food security by 2026.
October 08, 2024
Potato Revolution in Kenya: Record Yields Without Fungicides
Solynta's potato varieties with high resistances against Late Blight provide Kenyan farmers with good yields, as demonstrated in a comparative field test during an extensive spray/no spray trial in Limuru, Kenya.
April 14, 2022
Smartphone app Nuru helps farmers control potato and sweetpotato diseases
Free smartphone app Nuru helps African potato farmers to detect late blight (Phytophthora) and early blight (Alternaria) since 2021
July 20, 2014
Kenya: Late-Blight-Resistant Potato Seed for Nakuru
Nakuru will test and release (late blight resistant) varieties of potato seeds for small-scale farmers, Agriculture executive Dr Stanley Chepkwony has said.From the archive
March 13, 2013
Phytophthora infestans KE-1 is spreading rapidly across East Africa
Njoroge is studying a new lineage of Phytophthora infestans called KE-1 that is spreading rapidly across East Africa.From the archive
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