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Kenya to promote biological pest control methods

Kenya on Sunday said that it plans to promote use of biological methods to control pests that prey on agricultural exports.

Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) Acting Managing Director Esther Kimani told Xinhua in Nairobi that the move will help Kenya to overcome stringent controls on use of pesticides imposed by export markets such as the European Union (EU).

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