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Research unveils economic value of invasive 'mathenge' shrub

Livestock and environmental officers from Isiolo and Samburu counties are being taken through the process of making livestock feed. [Bruno Mutunga, Standard]

A study on the invasive shrub Prosopis juliflora, locally known as “mathenge,” has identified several potential benefits of the plant while warning that its uncontrolled spread is posing growing threats to communities and ecosystems in northern Kenya.

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