Desmodium plant is a valued crop in agriculture for its role in improving soil health due to their ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen with the help of symbiotic bacteria in their root nodules. This ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Lake Victoria — The International Centre for Plant Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), based at Mbita, on the Kenyan shores of the world's second-largest freshwater body, is advocating "push-pull ...

Kampala — SCIENTISTS at Namulonge Agricultural and Animal Research Institute (NAARI) have developed a technology to control stem borers and the notorious witch weed, striga in maize, writes Ronald ...

Striga, also known as ‘‘witch weed’’, is a nightmare to several farmers mainly those growing cereals. It affects maize, millet, sorghum, rice, napier grass and sugarcane, writes Lominda Afedraru. If ...