{"id":66883,"date":"2022-11-12T17:26:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T17:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africannewspaper.net\/2022\/11\/12\/african-researchers-team-up-to-control-pests-kenya-news-agency\/"},"modified":"2022-11-12T17:27:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T17:27:31","slug":"african-researchers-team-up-to-control-pests-kenya-news-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africannewspaper.net\/2022\/11\/12\/african-researchers-team-up-to-control-pests-kenya-news-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"African Researchers Team up to control pests \u2013 Kenya News Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Scientists from South Africa and the East have suggested a collaborative approach in order to manage the challenges of pests and diseases in food production.<\/p>\n
The experts who are working on an Integrated Pest and Disease Management packages to address the recent invasion of Fall Army Worms (FAW) menace called on the need to develop and scale up\u00a0proper technologies to assist farmers avert losses.<\/p>\n
The Plant Health Initiative scientists have been researching eco-friendly pest control technology to stop the spread and spread of fall armyworm. These include combined approaches like bio pesticides, resistant varieties, biological control methods and other biological control methods that can be used.<\/p>\n
Speaking during a workshop on maize Integrated Pest and Disease Management (IPDM),\u00a0 Dr. Prasanna Boddupalli,\u00a0Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)\u00a0Plant Health Initiative Lead expressed fears that previous interventions to control the invasive pests failed to realize the desired results due to high costs and chemical involved in the exercise.<\/p>\n