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The fall armyworm is a pest that invades farms in large numbers feeding on leaves and stems
causing major damage to maize crop.
Farmers have confirmed seeing the destructive pest on their farms.
Kahira Mureithi, a farmer from Mugunda ward in Kieni, said the worms have been a nuisance in
the area.
Executive Muturi said the fall armyworm has been in Nyeri for the last two years but residents
might not have been aware about it since many farmers in the county grow maize for subsistence
purposes.
He said it has been there in some parts of Mukurwe-ini and Othaya subcounties where people
grow maize.
Sometime last year, the county government supplied some pesticides to help farmers to fight pests
and diseases in farms.
“Some of them were going towards fall armyworm control but this financial year, we do not have
the budgetary allocation. Our farmers continue to be sensitised on what products they can use to
prevent the worm,” he said.
The county government, he said, has partnered with One Acre Fund which focuses on maize value
chain and avail input to Mukurwe-ini farmers on credit.
“Some of the inputs are availed through collaboration with the organisation meant to deal with the
worms,” he said.
The worms cause massive damage to maize by eating the leaves, destroying the crop.
Muturi said the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Oraganisation has come up with a variety
of maize tolerant to leaf miners (Tuta absoluta) and fall armyworms. He expressed hope that the
availability of such improved varieties in the market will be a game changer to maize farming.
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causing major damage to maize crop.
Farmers have confirmed seeing the destructive pest on their farms.
Kahira Mureithi, a farmer from Mugunda ward in Kieni, said the worms have been a nuisance in
the area.
Executive Muturi said the fall armyworm has been in Nyeri for the last two years but residents
might not have been aware about it since many farmers in the county grow maize for subsistence
purposes.
He said it has been there in some parts of Mukurwe-ini and Othaya subcounties where people
grow maize.
Sometime last year, the county government supplied some pesticides to help farmers to fight pests
and diseases in farms.
“Some of them were going towards fall armyworm control but this financial year, we do not have
the budgetary allocation. Our farmers continue to be sensitised on what products they can use to
prevent the worm,” he said.
The county government, he said, has partnered with One Acre Fund which focuses on maize value
chain and avail input to Mukurwe-ini farmers on credit.
“Some of the inputs are availed through collaboration with the organisation meant to deal with the
worms,” he said.
The worms cause massive damage to maize by eating the leaves, destroying the crop.
Muturi said the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Oraganisation has come up with a variety
of maize tolerant to leaf miners (Tuta absoluta) and fall armyworms. He expressed hope that the
availability of such improved varieties in the market will be a game changer to maize farming.
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