The worms provide raw materials used for making silk thread. - [PHOTO/CHRISPEN SECHERE/STANDARD] After maize farming proved futile, some farmers from Kakamega County are thinking outside the box.

Samuel Keter, a farmer in Sabtet villege in Rongai whose 15-acre maize plantation has been adversely affected by fall army worms. [Photo By: Caroline Chebet] The Cereal Growers Association has ...