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Tomato ‘Ebola’ alert! Are your crops safe?

Doris Awino a tamato farmer at West Kano, Kisumu County sorts her products at her farm after harvesting which she claimed most of them had lost their value due to heavy down pour currently rocking major parts of the county. The price of tomatoes has now gone up from Sh 2000 to 2800 per crate. PIC BY COLLINS ODUOR

As the outcry against the ravaging Tuta absoluta disease of tomato continues to resonate in West Africa (Nigeria), farmers locally need to take precaution to avoid losses due to this menace.

Tuta absoluta which is also known as Tomato Ebola, is a devastating pest of tomato. This pest is crossing borders and devastating tomato production in both protected and open fields.

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