Smart farm: GM cassava trials boost yields amid disease losses in Kilifi

Cassava farmers in the country are increasingly exploring new options to address years of losses caused by the highly destructive brown streak disease. In Kilifi County, trial fields of genetically modified cassava are drawing attention, as farmers closely monitor its performance and consider its potential. On this week's Smart Farm, our reporter Denis Otieno is back from the coastal town of Mtwapa, where he met cassava farmers yearning for the switch.