Let's adopt agro-ecology and do away with harmful pesticides

Pesticides have devastating consequences on health and the environment. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

Given the agricultural nature of the Kenyan economy, pesticides have increasingly been used to boost production. Agricultural practices are listed among leading contributors of land degradation and destruction of the ecosystem. It is estimated that 75 per cent of the country’s population is either directly or indirectly involved in agriculture.