Author name: Martha Karuoya

Men, Mental Health and Pesticide Use

It is becoming more widely acknowledged that, despite being developed to safeguard crops and promote agricultural development, agrochemicals have detrimental effects on human health, especially for farm laborers and their offspring. One such study from Environmental Research revealed that out of the 27 articles reviewed, 78% of them suggested a connection between pesticide exposure and

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World Environment Day

Proper pest and disease management, together with appropriate fertilizers, are among the top key factors that are necessary for healthy and high-yielding crops. Organic approaches would be suitable to reduce accelerated air, land, and water contamination, lessen human and environmental exposure to synthetic chemical pesticides, and counter insect resistance to pest control products. As we

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Mother’s Day

This Mother’s Day, we celebrate and appreciate the many roles the farm mothers and women play. We urge you to join IBMA Kenya as we promote and advocate for the use of biologicals in integrated crop protection, organic farming, and public hygiene to ensure our mothers and the population at large are safe and in

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