By Bisola Adeyemo
Agricultural inputs suppliers in Amiran Embu County in Kenya, has urged mango growers to put in more effort to improve the quality of their products to fit the international market.
Speaking during ‘agricultural field day with Amiran’, an Agronomist Grace Njambi, urged farmers to put in more effort at improving the quality of their products in the wake of the mango international market.
Njambi said that farmers have counted and still counting huge losses due to mango diseases and pests.
According to Kenyan News Agency, mill bugs are among the main pests disturbing farmers in the region, adding that the main aim of Amiran is to give solutions to farmers noting that there has been an increase in mango diseases and pests.
“Our aim is to give solutions to farmers and we have noted an increase in mango pests and diseases and that’s why we are here today to advise farmers on the best products to use in their farming,” said Njambi.
Speaking on pest control, Njambi, said that boosters are the best supplements for mango farming for they enhance the colour of mangoes, which in turn attract more customers in the market.
On his part, Embu East Agricultural officer Stephen Njagi promised all trained farmers the best mango farming practices required in the international markets to ensure the value chain in fruit farming in the county.
“We will engage trained officers to educate farmers on best farming practices who will also train farmers on different researched packages through organized field days,” he said.
Njagi cautioned mango farmers against getting wrong varieties of mango seedlings from nurseries that lack enough knowledge, noting that he has witnessed cases where farmers have received different varieties from the ones they had ordered.
