| Updated Sun, June 11th 2017 at 00:07 GMT +3Christine Ndigwa who has been a maize farmer for 20 years shows how fall army worms have attacked the leaves of her crops. The call was from a maize farmer in Endebbes, Trans Nzoia County. He is one of the few farmers contracted by various companies to grow quality maize seeds, which other farmers buy for planting. Some were seed farmers growing maize on large scale, and were worried of what the future held for their harvests. She cautions that the excessive use of pesticides could compromise the quality of seeds and crops being grown for consumption.

Source: Standard Digital June 10, 2017 20:48 UTC