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Win for farmers as Africa's First ISO-Certified personal protective clothing launched

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Researchers inspect a garment to protect farmers handling pesticides. [Harold Odhiambo, Standard]

The quest to improve safety in crop handling has received a major boost following the launch of new comfortable protective clothing for farmers.

In a major breakthrough in research, farmers handling pesticides will now have access to the new Personal Protective Equipment worn by operators applying crop protection solutions.

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