L-R; Isaac Macharia, Principal Inspector, plant pathologist at Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS), Dick Van Raamsdonk, General Director, HPP Exhibitions, Clement Tulezi, CEO, Kenya ...

South Africa just filed its very first complaint at the World Trade Organization (WTO). It’s about import measures the European Union (EU) slapped on citrus fruit in July. What makes the case ...

EU set to tighten inspections for False Codling Moth for all shipments from Ethiopia, Kenya European lawmakers are poised to introduce more stringent inspection procedures for flowers imported into ...

Citrusdal, South Africa – Every morning at 7 a.m. a small airplane takes off to swoop around a fertile valley amidst the scenic mountains of Western Cape in South Africa, offloading its cargo of 1 000 ...

Avocado farmers in Meru County are using solar-powered traps to combat the false codling moth (FCM), a destructive pest that threatens export markets. These solar traps use blue light to attract and ...

Early this year, East Africa’s flower industry faced an unexpected threat. The False Codling Moth, a tiny larva, triggered sweeping regulatory action by the EU, placing billions of dollars in exports ...

Citrus exports remained flat during the 2023 season, missing an industry target as SA’s electricity and logistics problems worsened, the national growers’ association said on Wednesday. The world’s ...

Moths are among the most feared invasive insect pest species. They are the major damaging pests of annual and perennial fibre and food crops, forest products and stored food commodities throughout the ...

If you have fruit trees, now’s the time to be on the lookout for codling moths. This is the time of year — mid-March to early April — when the adult codling moth, a little grayish-brown lepidopteran, ...