“Banana farming is better than livestock keeping because ... officer implementing the Kenya Resilience, Arid Lands Partnerships for Integrated Development (RAPID +) program in Marsabit, says ...

Banana weevils and nematodes are also ... nurseries (examples are the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation).

“Meru now accounts for 40 per cent of Kenya’s total annual banana production. We are producing more than Kisii,” said Guantai. So lucrative is banana farming in Meru that it is now replacing ...