Crops spend the night under mosquito nets

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Description

News article from the Daily Nation about using mosquito nets to protect cabbages and tomatoes from pests. Research at the Kenya Agriculture Research Institute (Kari) is focusing on reducing pests and improving micro-climate for small-scale vegetable production in Africa. Kari hopes to demonstrate that simple technology can be used to protect high-value crops.

Daily Nation article by Joy Wanja, dated Aug. 30, 2011.

Type

News publication

Value Chain

Fruit and vegetable production Pest management

Technology

Pest-exclusion nets

Countries

Kenya