This article is part of our special report Ripple effects: How EU decisions impact African farmers. The new stance on pesticide residues has implications on African farmers who believe the requirement to meet these targets if they want to sell their products to Europe could become a major hurdle to trade. As the African continent is largely in the tropical zone, local farmers are quite exposed to plant pests. Kenya divided over pesticides ban to align with EU Green Deal The Kenyan farming community is divided over efforts by lawmakers to bring their regulations on pesticides in line with the EU’s green deal. Environmental organisations welcomed the Farm to Fork’s commitment of the Commission to delete import tolerances, starting with clothianidin and thiamethoxam.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 23, 2021 16:00 UTC