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70% of Kenyan vegetables classified as weed, Karlo scientists lament

Highly nutritious indigenous ones such as black jack and Bidens Pilosa (mung’ei), that keep off lifestyle diseases, are only fed to goats and rabbits

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by The Star

Big-read24 October 2023 - 16:38
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Stella Tanui, a horticulturist at Karlo, holds twigs of blackjack and Bidens Pilosa (mung’ei), two highly nutritious traditional vegetables that Kenyans today consider as weed and only feed to goats and rabbits.

Scientists are working to return to dinner tables precolonial vegetables that are currently dismissed as weed in Kenya, but highly nutritious and could help fight today’s health problems.

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