Florence Ngao, a farmer in Kinanie, Machakaos County, says she went from harvesting 30 bags per acre to two bags following the infestation of fall army worms. Less costly to farmersPrincipal investigator for the management of fall army worms Dr Muo Kasina, says they are looking at integrating various methods of managing the fall army worms in ways that would be less costly to the farmers. In the first one we are not using any control measure we have allowed natural infestations of fall army worm on our maize,” he says. The sachets contain a product that releases the scent that mimics the scent a female army worm releases when ready to mate. If the eggs are not fertilised, then there are no new army worms.

Source: Standard Digital July 18, 2022 14:20 UTC