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. “It’s very demoralising and ...
The crop has refused to flower because of the destruction of the worms. I bought herbicides and sprayed the entire farm but I think the damage had already been done,” said Onyach from Kasipul in ...
Though Kocher treated the inch-long worms in her yard with bottles of insecticides, she could still see the pests wriggling and flopping around when she was weeding, and when she mowed the lawn ...