PASTORALISTS TURN INVASIVE CACTUS INTO BIOGAS

Residents in parts of Laikipia North Sub-County ravaged by an invasive species of cactus have eventually found a profitable use of this despised weed through the production of biogas. For over a decade, the pastoral community has been. struggling to control the spread of the cactus-opuntia stricta, using mechanical, chemical, and biological methods with little success.