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Call to shift from pesticides, plastics to alternatives

Moses Omungwa attends to his traditional vegetables under drip irrigation in his farm located Emabungo Ward, Luanda Sub County in Vihiga County. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard]

After retiring from boxing, Athanus Nzau ventured into farming, where he keeps both livestock, mostly dairy cows, and various crops. His farm, located in Mutalia area of Matungulu, Machakos County, is dotted with various fruit trees such as paw paws, oranges, mangoes, guavas, avocadoes, bananas, sugar cane, tomato seedlings, and vegetables such as tomatoes, sukuma wiki, and pumpkins.

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