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Allegations on safety of pesticides misleading

Man spraying crops with pesticides.

Using pesticides on our crops lifts our agricultural production by as much as 90 per cent. However, it’s a food production blessing that requires powerful regulation and strict safety measures to ensure we gain in food and do not lose in any way in human health or the environment.

In Kenya, achieving that oversight is based on four regulatory pillars.

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