Pests

Small-scale farmers can maximise profits by reducing post-harvest losses to animals and other environmental agents. Having constant supply for the...

By George Munene According to research published in the Journal of Science, researchers have developed a cheaper and natural source...

By George Munene Developed in 2017 by the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), push-pull technology, has been...

By George Munene According to a World Food Programme report on Kenya’s food security outlook; drought, rising fertiliser prices, and...

By George Munene A study conducted on invasive alien pests (IAPs) has identified 120 species not currently present in Kenya...

The African armyworm, scientifically known as Spodoptera exempta, is a particularly devastating pest. An early warn­ing sys­tem using traps that...

Ve­get­able farm­ers, who lose up to 50 per cent of their har­vest to spider mites, can wipe out the pest...

In cut­ting down pesti­cide ap­plic­a­tion and the ac­cru­ing costs in pro­duc­tion, one farmer suc­ceeded in vend­ing off the pests by grow­ing...

By George Munene The Fall Army­worm (FAW) is amongst the most dev­ast­at­ing pests to Africa’s food sys­tems. In re­sponse to...

Kenya has launched the first commercialised biological herbicide, Kichawi Kill, that decimates the deadly parasitic Striga weed and improves maize...