This archive report was first published on 6 August 2020.
Kenya's government is racing against time to curb the spread of the false codling moth, a pest that affects up to 70 crops, including those exported to the European Union.
According to Clement Tulezi, the Kenya Flower Council CEO, the moth is now present in more than 70 host plant crops, but the government is working with the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Services, Pest Control Products Board, and the Netherlands government to address the issue.
Meanwhile, dairy farmers are set to benefit from a partnership between Bles Dairies East Africa Limited and Nundoroto Agricultural Contracting Services Ltd, which will provide a 'total solution service' to support farmers prepare land, get quality farm inputs, manage fodder crops, and harvest and make silage.
The programme, which will involve 3,000 farmers, will utilize technology to improve milk yields.
However, Kenya's laxity in regulating veterinary antibiotics has been blamed for the rise of antimicrobial resistance, with Dr John Muchibi, a veterinary pharmaceutical researcher, terming the country's management of veterinary medicine sales 'as very poor'.
Dr Muchibi said that any drug indicated as prescription-only medicine should not be sold over the counter, but this is the case in many agrovets countrywide.
