Exporters fight bid for pesticide ban

A worker at a flower farm in Naivasha. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Fresh produce exporters have joined agro-chemical dealers in protesting efforts by Parliament to ban the use of “harmful” pesticides in Kenya.

Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya (FPEAK) says majority of horticulture and flower farms depend on pesticides and a ban would signal the death of the industry.

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