Farmers have been asked to embrace the use of biological pesticides as a way of mitigating climate change and solving negative impact towards the environment caused by prolonged use of chemical pesticides in farming .
Speaking in Kabaa area of Machakos County, during a training exercise for farmers organised by Mount Kenya University in collaboration with University of Nairobi and other partners, Prof.Cecilia Moraa Onyago said the move will help farmers who spent a lot of money buying chemicals pesticides which end up harming the environment in return and low yield .
Speaking at the same function Dr. Allan Mueke from Mount Kenya university said the new farming technology using biological pesticides will impact farmers struggling to have high production due to high level of resistant pests on farm produce due to prolonged use chemical pesticides .
The one day training brought together over 30 farmers from Machakos County
