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Embu County tests new method to stop fall army worm spread

A fall army worm on maize crop. (Photo: KIPSANG JOSEPH| STANDARD)

The county administration is experimenting a new way of fighting fall army worms blamed for the destruction of up to 20 per cent of maize in Runyenjes Sub-county.

The county, in partnership with Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), has trained and deployed 50 workers to search and kill the worms in their larvae stage to contain their spread.

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