Win-Win for Pastoral women in Laikipia as they turn invasive plants into biogas production

2026-01-27 - 06:27

In an ambitious move to eradicate an invasive cactus plant, Laikipia North residents are innovatively and profitably using it to produce biogas. For decades, cactus plants have colonised hundreds of thousands of acres of land in the pastoral areas, limiting grazing fields and resulting in death of livestock when consumed, due to their thorny nature....