Addis
Ababa, (Ethiopia) –
Ethiopian-born tycoon
Sheikh
Mohammed Al-Amoudi, the 2
nd
richest business person in Africa next
to
Aliko
Dangote
, is funding the bio-pesticide research conducted on
Phytolacca
dodecandra L’Herit
, a sprawling woody climber plant.
flower farms in that country are replacing synthetic pesticides with the researches confirm the fungicidal and larvicidal properties of the plant, says Mr.
Researchers working for Ethio Agri-CEFT, one of the largest commercial farms in Ethiopia, bio-pesticide plant’s field trials as a fungicidal agent on two flower farms in Holeta and Bahir Dar towns and proved that Phytolacca
