Kenya risks Sh150bn loss in pesticides ban

Uasin Gishu Women Representative Gladys Boss Shollei. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG

Kenya stands to lose more than Sh150 billion if the ban on the use of agricultural chemicals is effected, a research think tank has said.

The Egerton-based Tegemeo Institute of Research and Policy says Kenya being in the tropics, farmers cannot afford to grow crops without using chemicals to control pests and diseases.

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