Smart technologies keep farming afloat despite Covid-19, climate change

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Siyapei Enkare Gusur chairperson Joseph Tiambati at one of the group’s tomato farms in Narok. PHOTO | LEOPOLD OBI | NMG

Unpredictable weather, poor soils, rising cases of pests and diseases are increasingly complicating the food production matrix in Kenya and elsewhere.

The food production equation has recently become even more complex with the emergence of Covid-19, which to date threatens human movement, crippling the distribution of essential agricultural inputs such as seeds, fertilisers and farm chemicals.

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