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State, donors train sights on traditional crops

For a long time, traditional high-value crops, despite their high nutritional value, have been neglected, with little set aside for their research and development.

These ‘orphan crops’, which include cassava and millet, have largely been thought to be outdated and offer little value to the modern Kenyan’s plate of food.

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