In Kenya, push-pull method tries to debug organic farming’s pest problem

Mongabay
Sep 8, 2021, 9:36 am267 pts
NAIROBI — Munene Njoka, a young farmer from central Kenya, is furious. The reason for his rage is a bundle of decaying maize stacked in a corner of his home. The maize was attacked by stem borers, a pest that swarms cornfields. The stem borer invasion forced Njoka to remove the affected crop from his farm to…

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