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Farmers in fresh drive for ban on deadly pesticides
A police officer on the alert as GreenPeace Africa activists protest out the main venue of the World Food Day celebrations at Makueni Agricultural Training Centre. They called on the government to ban pesticides containing harmful chemicals. PHOTO | PIUS MAUNDU | NMG
Around the world, farmers and health activists are pushing for a 50 percent reduction in chemical pesticides and a ban on those proven to be hazardous to health by 2030.
In Kenya, crop farmers have now thrown their weight behind petitions to withdraw such harmful pesticides, despite their effectiveness in fighting pests that cut crop yield.
