He was then advised to use stevia leaves in his tea and porridge daily, a step that he says helped him manage the disease. It is the relief he got from the sweet leaf herb in 2009 that nudged him to start growing the crop. Stevia leaves have a long history of use as sweeteners, due to presence of sweet crystalline glycosides called steviosides, which are 200 to 300 times sweeter than sucrose. But stevia leaves helped me,” says Siango, a resident of Gachuba village, Nyamira County. You can plant the splits so long as they are not infected.”On each acre, a farmer needs between 8,000 to 10,000 seedlings.

Source: Daily Nation January 08, 2019 14:03 UTC