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Making your own pesticides as easy as ABC

Kenya National Museum Head of Ex-situ Conservation Dr. Patrick Muthoka, Scientist in Ex- situ Conservation Vivian Kathambi and Head of Botany Department Dr. Itambo Macomb show farmers on some of the plants that can be used for pesticides during the Farmers training at National Museum on organic pesticides and their effects on the environment. ON 25/05/16 PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE

Ask Joseph Wabwire how long he has been a farmer and he will proudly say he has been one since he became an adult.

Now 43, Wabwire and his three-acre arm in Busia County are inseparable. He can be considered a veteran in farming, but he feels one can never stop learning.

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