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Agency unveils seed resistant to disease

Kenya Seed Company worked with CIMMYT to develop a maize lethal necrosis-tolerant hybrid.
August 16, 2020

For more than a decade, Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease (MLND) has ravaged crops causing farmers to incur huge losses and threatening food security.

Kenya Seed Company (KSC) researchers through partnerships have developed a superior maize variety that can withstand the disease.

Read more here:

https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/farmkenya/article/2001382769/agency-unveils-seed-resistant-to-disease

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