Why I cherish my sweet potatoes

Kenya: The lethal maize disease destroyed over 5,000 acres of land with crop in Subukia sub-county, plunging farmers into huge losses. After seeing the devastation, Margret Wambui, 50, one of the affected farmers, decided to try her hand at something else on her two-acre farm.

“I pondered what next for my family of 15 after a whole acre of maize was decimated by the lethal disease. My Sh50,000 went down the drain. I anticipated harvesting approximately 15 bags of 90 kilogrammes of maize. But it was never to be,” says Wambui.