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Simple ways to contain deadly fallarmy worm

The fall army worm that is wrecking havoc in most farms in maize farms in parts of Western Kenya and Rift Valley. 06.04.2017. PHOTOS BY OSINDE OBARE

Maize is under attack. This time it is not about the lethal maize necrosis, but the fall army worm. This deadly pest has invaded large swathes of land, causing havoc.

“We have never seen anything like this. The moth eats the crop so fast we have been unable to contain it,” a farmer in Soy complained.

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