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FARMKENYA INITIATIVE Justus Monari, a farm manager at Kisii Agricultural Training Centre, sprays vegetables against pests. [Sammy Omingo,Standard] To control the aggressive pests and diseases that have emerged in the wake of climate change and global warming, there is a need to relook at the current pest and management strategies. In a past presentation, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) Principal Scientist, Entomology HC Sharma said the major fallouts of climate change, namely increased temperatures and ultraviolet radiation, and low relative humidit...

FARMKENYA INITIATIVE Esther Kagai, an organic farmer and trainer on her Kiserian farm. Peter Gicharu was a small boy in 1953 when he began farming. He was in a primary school near Mang’u, Kiambu County, and growing food crops in the school garden was part of practical lessons in agriculture. Back then, Gicharu did not know that what he and the other pupils were practising was organic farming. He, however, remembers that they did not use any chemicals to enhance soil fertility or kill pests, but instead used compost material and mulching to grow food crops. The former banker who retired i...