FAO to train extension officers to compact fall army-worm

FAO national crops officer Dr Wilson Ronno (left) and Gabriel Rugalema, FAO representative in Kenya (right) during a training of extension officers in Nakuru. February 13, 2018. [Mercy Kahenda, Standard]

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has set aside Sh50 million to boost the fight against the fall armyworms that continue to damage farms.

The money will be used to train 90 extension officers in at least 42 counties on the best way to counter the pests.