He advised farmers to prune and use appropriate chemicals to control the crop diseases and pests. He said some farmers ignore their crops and do not apply chemicals to contain Coffee berry and Bacterial Blight diseases. "Our farmers should use appropriate chemicals on market and practice proper management especially in North Rift where we target it to be Coffee Zone in five years," Kimemia said. He however advised farmers to grow Batiancoffee variety, a new variety which is resistant to diseases and pests. It also matures in two years. He reiterated that farmers ought to plant coffee along with shady trees singling out that they help in reducing the temperatures. "High temperatures always give room for coffee pests and diseases thus resulting to poor quality coffee "he said. He urged North Rift farmers to diversify to coffee whose world demand has increased saying North Rift region had a conducive environment for the crop. "We are saying that although farmers should plant

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