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Crop quantity and quality rely on crop protection. Without fungicides, Kenyan yields of most fruit and vegetables would fall by 50-90%. Use the recommended and approved pesticides from your agro vet.
#DoubleYields #EveryCropCounts
Crop quantity and quality rely on crop protection. Without fungicides, Kenyan yields of most fruit and vegetables would fall by 50-90%. Use the recommended and approved pesticides from your agro vet.
#DoubleYields #EveryCropCounts
Thanks to our SprayPros -Spray Service Providers programme, every smallholder can get advice on the right pesticides to use to lift their yields, often by 50 per cent or more, for a few hundred shillings #EveryCropCounts
Mushroom farming has rapidly gained popularity among the small scale farmers in Kenya. However, the crop is attacked by green mould causing loses of up to 50%. Follow the right hygienic practices to avoid losses of mushroom to moulds.
#EveryCropCounts
Maize is highly susceptible to weed competition at the early stage of growth, with up to 81% of maize yield losses in Africa due to weed infestation. Using a varied set of approved herbicides is the answer to tripling yields.
#DoubleYields #EveryCropCounts #GetInputInformed
According to the Centre for Agriculture and BioScience international (CABI) the biggest cause of crop losses in Africa are invasive weeds, which cause losses of $2.6 trillion a year. Over $500bn a year of this amount is lost to weeding maize and root crops, .#EveryCropCounts
We have this year partnered with Farm to Market Alliance, @Bayer4Crops, @Syngenta and @YaraKenya to set up 354 Farmers Service Centres offering extension and spraying services to farmers in 13 counties. This will raise yields by 40% or more. #EveryCropCounts #ProtectingOurCrops
Tuta Absoluta, which destroys tomato crops, came to Ethiopia in 2012 and 2013 before spreading to Kenya and Uganda in 2014 and Tanzania in 2015. But only Kenya is proposing to ban crop protection products to prevent it. https://t.co/lzyE7Iq7Ik
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The Farm to Market Alliance is in partnership with AAK, has set up 41 collection centres, for used pesticide containers in Meru, Nyandarua and Narok counties, so farmers can implement pest control without any hazards from used containers. #ThinkSafeAgriculture #EveryCropCounts
Farmers have air sprayed and used blocks with contact insecticides to help rid Kenya of the Fruit fly that stopped its mango exports 7 years ago. This month, exports have restarted. #EveryCropCounts #GrowingOurEconomy
As Kenya fights 2021’s new desert locust invasion with the recommended pesticides, the UN’s FAO warns the swarms could destroy the food of 3.5m people in EA if not arrested swiftly. #ProtectingOurCrops #EveryCropCounts
Kenyans, we have a responsibility to control pests to double our yields and avert hunger even with Covid-19 situation. #foodsecurity #EveryCropCounts
Pesticides are important in disease vector management, such as mosquitoes which cause hundreds of thousands of deaths due to malaria, and rats which can cause epidemics like plague and cholera. #GetInputInformed #EveryCropCounts
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Kenya produces more than 800,000 metric tonnes of beans, but common bacterial blight reduces harvests by 10% to 75%, where spraying with approved pest control products can stop the harm.
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#DoubleYields #EveryCropCounts #GetInputInformed
Over 90% of Kenyan tomato farms suffer from the tomato leaf miner, losing 30%-100% of their crop if not sprayed early. For the best controls, see: Evidence Note Tomato leafminer (Tuta absoluta): Impacts and coping strategies for Africa
#DoubleYields #EveryCropCounts
FAW can feed on over 80 different crop species, making it one of the most widespread and damaging crop pests, with the potential to cause maize yield losses of 21% to 53%. Early spraying can control the pest.
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#DoubleYields #EveryCropCounts
Macadamia farmers in central and western Kenya are recording losses of 50% to 70% of their production to damage by stink bugs. Routine insecticide application reduces their population. Macadamia Nut Production and Research in Kenya
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Onion Thrips in young onions can reduce yields up to 60%. But systemic insecticide will make the insects die after sucking the sap. Insecticide registered are found in the PCPB list of registered products. https://t.co/SUQAq36auB
#EveryCropCounts #GetInputInformed
Mushroom farming has rapidly gained popularity among the small scale farmers in Kenya. However, the crop is attacked by green mould causing loses of up to 50%. Follow the right hygienic practices to avoid losses of mushroom to moulds
https://t.co/BzmxgQQZsN
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