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Farmers use ash, red pepper and tobacco to kill armyworms

Women use a mixture of red pepper, ash and tobacco to kill Fall Army Worms in Gatateri area of Mbuvori location, Embu County on May 9, 2018. The said the concoction works and has successfully tamed the pest.

Dusk is fast enveloping the land as two women wearing improvised face masks move from one maize plant to another and apply a concoction meant to kill the destructive fall armyworms.

The women have been using the concoction of red pepper, ash and tobacco to tame the pest in Gatateri, Mbuvori location.

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