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Kenyan mango grower turns to integrated pest management after moth infestation

a Kenyan farm worker sprays flowers with pesticides — Source image from ‘Spraying should be the last option’: how farmers are exploring alternatives to pesticides. theguardian.com.Full-size image

Phyllis Nduva, 72, grows mangoes and citrus on eight hectares in Wote, Kenya. Then the false codling moth arrived, and in 2016 it cost her more than 60% of her harvest. Sprays did not work. "We tried looking for answers, but we couldn't get [any]," she said. She became interested in integrated pest management, which combines traps, natural predators and selective spraying, and a 2020 British government review found it can cut pesticide use while controlling pests.

Fruit farmers facing pests that sprays fail to stop may spend less and use fewer chemicals, a British government review found.

Source: ‘Spraying should be the last option’: how farmers are exploring alternatives to pesticides (theguardian.com).

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Kenyan mango grower turns to integrated pest management after moth infestation

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