Who says you need to drown your crops in chemicals to fight pests? Kenyan farmer, Anastacia Ngarama, is proving that brains—and a bit of science can do the heavy lifting for a greener, cleaner harvest.
In Naivasha, Kenya, Anastacia Ngarama is farming like it’s 2025 (because, well, it is). Her 12-acre farm is a live demo of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)—a fancy way of saying “fight bugs smartly, not recklessly.”
Instead of drenching her crops in pesticides, Ngarama’s got banner crops to repel pests, yellow sticky traps to monitor them, and even nets that act like physical shields. She keeps her soil happy with manure, mulching, and weeding basically, giving her plants the good life.
When it’s time to use pesticides, she doesn’t play guesswork—she hires certified Spray Service Providers who know exactly what to do and how to stay safe. “Pesticides are our last resort,” says CropLife Kenya CEO Eric Kimunguyi, giving Ngarama’s methods a big thumbs-up.
The approach is so solid that even the Kenya Pest Control Products Board is taking notes literally. They’re now reviewing how to register pest-control ingredients that keep up with new threats like the infamous fall armyworm.
Moral of the story? Farming can be fresh, sustainable, and planet-friendly all while keeping pests on their toes.
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