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FARMKENYA INITIATIVE There is a paradigm shift in the agricultural ecosystem compounded by challenges of climate change, a growing world population, pressure on land and water, food-induced health problems, and pandemics such as Covid-19. This has led to the consensus that conventional agriculture does not provide all the solutions to these challenges and there is a need for collaborative agricultural research throughout the agricultural value chain in a bid to strengthen the food system, improve production, enhance food security and improve livelihoods. This was the harmonious tone of all t...

  NYS servicemen from Gilgil barracks are being taken through the process of fighting desert locusts which have currently invaded seventeen counties in the country. The NYS officers were used in ground spraying in six counties to contain the spreading pests. [Antony Gitonga, Standard] The use of pesticides in containing the spread of locust invasion is turning out to be ineffective and a threat to the environment. Experts are now calling for biological methods of controlling the pests which have invaded parts of the country for the second time leaving a trail of destruction. This emerged dur...