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Sustainability key to future of farming

As we celebrated the World Environment Day on Sunday, we were reminded that the most obvious source of challenges for the local agricultural sector has been the diminishing production of staples like maize, millet, sorghum and other cereals in the face of increasing population.

This has been made worse by unpredictable weather patterns precipitated by climate change. In Kenya, the phenomenon has been manifested in unexpected variations and extreme weather conditions that seriously affect our farming cycles.

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