Kenya: Saving Nation's Maize Crop

18 March 2012

Nairobi — While some maize farmers in Kenya's Western Province are stilling living off the produce from last season's harvest, Robert Oduor is counting his losses after the deadly Striga weed infested his one-hectare maize field.

"Previously, I harvested up to 14 90-kilogramme bags of maize per half hectare. But due to the infestation of the weed, which I was not able to control, I harvested a total of two and a half bags of maize from my field," said Oduor, who is from the Sega area in Western Province.

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