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Rose Rono has lived and farmed in Limuru, Kiambu County, in Central Kenya for the last 10 years.In a good season, she says she harvests 10 bags of corn weighing from her two-acre maize farm. Each bag weighs 90 kilograms.But for the last three seasons, she has realized dismal harvests because of failed rains.“This season is the worst. I will not harvest any corn as I’m planning to sell these stalks to livestock farmers so that I can at least get something from my farm,” says Mrs Rono.She is not alone.Corn stalks are wiltingWilting maize crops on a farm in Limuru, Central Kenya. [Godfrey Ombogo]Across many fields in the Red Hill area of Limuru, livestock farmers are having a field day, cutting down corn stalks that are wilting to turn them into animal feed.They buy the stalks at throw-away prices from farmers who fear losing everything to the drought.John Njoroge, 57, who was born and bred in Limuru, says he has never seen the area so dry.Confined field trials showing the insect

Nairobi areaRed hillRift valleyNkechi isaacGodfrey ombogoRose ronoWilliam rutoMartin mwirigiJohn njorogeSheila ochugbojuAlliance for scienceLivestock research organizationBiotechnology research instituteAfrican seed trade associationKiambu countyCentral kenya