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At 21, herbal farming pays my bills, fees

A rich and pleasant smell welcomes you at George Ndung’u’s herbal farm in Kiambu County. The various herbal crops on a quarter acre farm in Kagaa location, are arranged in attractive rows.

“This is not just farming. I have been doing this for two years now. This is what pays my bills and I am saving money to go to university using money from herbs. This is why I direct all my energies to it,” Ndung’u tells Smart Harvest.

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