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Kenya: Maize Disease a Disaster
The Star, 4 June 2012
Local leaders in Bomet county have asked the government to declare a disease that has destroyed maize crops in South Rift a national disaster and compensate the affected farmers. Read more »
Maize Disease Strikes Kenya
An invasive new disease that destroyed maize crops and caused irreparable economic damage is a threat to food security and should be declared a national disaster, according to local leaders.
Harvest time in Kenya: The disease affected more than 150,000 farmers, with agriculture officers warning of reduced harvests.
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Kenya: Maize Harvests to Drop By 20 Per Cent Due to Fungus
The Star, 4 June 2012
Maize harvests this year may drop by more than 20 per cent following invasion of a new disease on maize crops in parts of Rift Valley, Nyanza and Eastern. Read more »
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Kenya: State Working to Combat Maize Disease, Says Kosgei
The Star, 3 June 2012
AGRICULTURE minister Sally Kosgei has assured farmers that the government has put proper measures in place to curb the spread of maize lethal Necrosis disease which has hit parts… Read more »
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Kenya: Strange Disease Hits Maize in South Rift
The Star, 3 June 2012
RESEARCHERS and scientists have identified the strange disease which has destroyed thousands of acres of maize crops in South Rift as maize lethal necrotic. Read more »
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Kenya: Nyamira Maize Hit By Disease, Officers Blamed
The Star, 3 June 2012
Farmers in Nyamira county have started uprooting maize following an attack by a disease. Read more »
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Kenya: Disease Poses No Threat to Maize Stocks - Kosgei
Capital FM, 30 May 2012
Agriculture Minister Sally Kosgei has assured that the country will not face maize shortage despite a disease that has affected the crop in parts of Rift Valley. Read more »
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Kenya: Disease Hits Borabu Maize
The Star, 28 May 2012
Farmers in Borabu district in Nyamira county are feeling the pinch after a mysterious disease spreading from South Rift infested their farms. Meshack Ondara and his wife Lucy Moraa… Read more »
InFocus
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The government is carrying out a survey to establish the food situation in the country following fears that citizens will soon experience an acute maize shortage. Read more »
