This archive report was first published on 27 December 2019.
Heavy rains have been causing chaos in Elburgon, Nakuru County, where cabbages are rotting on farms due to bad roads.
Mr John Njuguna Kanyotu, a farmer in the area, says he bought 7,000 seedlings from Longonot Farm Propagation in Naivasha five months ago at Sh10,500.
"The plants did well in the first one-and-a-half months before they were attacked by the diamond black moth," Mr Kanyotu said.
He sprayed the cabbages with Merit 150 SC pesticide and applied Green Sea fertiliser to the one-acre plot three times.
However, the cabbages are now rotting due to the heavy rains, and Mr Kanyotu is unable to harvest them.
"My cabbages were ready for harvest months ago but I cannot harvest them because of the ongoing heavy rains," the farmer said.
Mr Kanyotu is not alone in his struggles, as many farmers in the area are facing similar challenges due to the bad roads.
"Locals now sell their produce to middlemen. We'd rather sell our cabbages at throwaway prices than let them get spoilt," he added.
