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By Felix Akech Joseph Okuku had almost given up growing sweet basil, despite its popularity with buyers, beaten by thrips,...
Pests
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By Francis Ndungu A Nyeri farmer has ended years of heavy crop losses to moles by applying slurry from his...
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By Francis Ndungu John Wamae tried everything to stop birds from destroying his pawpaw fruits. For years, they stripped his...
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By Antynet Ford Avocado farmers in the Subukia area of Nakuru County are calling on the Pest Control Products Board...
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By Francis Ndungu Nyandarua farmer John Waithaka has tripled his Cape Gooseberry production by using a flower-industry hack with detergent...
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By MaryAnne Musilo Mary Wambui, an agronomist and avocado farmer in Murang’a, has battled fruit abortion and anthracnose on her...
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In July, thrips on sweet basil and false codling moth (FCM) on capsicum drove almost all the European Union’s border...
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A nationwide pesticide sprayers service for Sh50 to Sh100 per job for small farmers is targeting the quarter of Kenyan...
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By Francis Ndungu Blight has wiped out potato crops across Nyandarua this season as farmers have struggled to prevent it...
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By Antynet Ford Beatrice Mwende was spraying her chilli farm again this week. The leaves had turned silver and streaked,...
