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Pain as erratic rains, armyworm eat deep into food production
The total acreage of land invaded by the armyworm in Kenya accounts for 11 per cent of the total land on which maize is cultivated in the country. FILE PHOTO | NMG
For Eliza Arwan, staying days without a meal or water is nothing new. But things are getting worse for the 40-year-old mother of six, who rarely sees her husband and relies on menial jobs at the Segera Ranch to earn Sh150 a day.
The problem is always either the high cost of food or a serious scarcity at Poise, her village located some 40 kilometres from Nanyuki town in Laikipia County.
