Horticulture sector producers lobby EU over pesticides

Fresh Produce Consortium of Kenya CEO Ojepati Okisegere. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Stakeholders in horticulture sector wants the European Union to agree on alternative pesticides for farming as it moves closer to restrict the use of over 200 chemicals that are used by local farmers.

EU wants to implement its “Green Deal” which will see the continent cut over 50 percent of the pesticides that Kenya uses, a move that will impact negatively on the country’s exports to the political and economic union.

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