Cotton Farmers Set To Reap Bumper Harvest in Kenya

Early this year, the Kenyan government identified 1,000 farmers across the country, who received 16 metric tons of hybrid seeds, the country’s first genetically modified (GM) cotton seeds during the April/May planting season.
The cotton seeds, which have been improved with a Bt gene to provide inherent resistance to the devastating African bollworm pest, aims to showcase the technology and its stewardship practices
Cotton is one of the bestselling cash crops in the country and said cotton was also drought resilient, unlike maize and beans and can generate income among farmers in the arid county.
Cotton farmers in Kitui County are set to reap a bumper harvest due to the soaring demand of face masks as the world battles the ravages of corona virus.