April 2017

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Plant extracts show positive results in containing fall armyworm

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Nyamira County farmer James Mocheche stands beside tephrosia vogelii tree, whose roots he says, discourage moles from destroying maize and sweet potatoes . Farmers are turning to terephosia vogelii and neem extracts to control fall armyworm. Farmers in Africa are turning to tree extracts in search of affordable and effective alternative to synthetic pesticides to …

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Experts meet in Nairobi to solve fall armyworm menace in Africa

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  A University of Nebraska diagram showing the features of the fall army worm. Photo by University of Nebraska.  Global agriculture stakeholders meeting in Nairobi are working out the best integrated pest management practices to complement chemicals in controlling the fall armyworm (FAW), which has attacked more than 750,000 acres of maize in the continent. …

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Prioritise agriculture for development, Africa governments urged

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A farmer  irrigates his vegetables in Western Kenya using a solar pump. African governments have been urged to help in accelerating agriculture for economic growth of the continent. Photo courtesy Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 18 April, 2017 – Governments across Africa, private sector actors, donors and development partners were today urged to step up efforts to …

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