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New pest management trials offer hope against fall armyworm in Bungoma

Healthy ready to harvest maize that was not infested with Armywarms. [Juliet Omelo, Standard]

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has intensified efforts to help Bungoma farmers combat the devastating Fall Armyworm (FAW).

This is a destructive pest that has plagued maize farmers since its first official report in March 2017.

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