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My neigbours think its weeds, but to me, it’s gold

Just like their counterparts in Nyanza, some farmers in Nyeri have been hit by the chia seed wave. Florence Wacuka, 52, is one of the converted farmers.

Wacuka, who lives in Sagana Settlement Scheme in Mathira Constituency, Nyeri County, has set aside an eighth of her farm to try out experimental crops. One of them being chia.

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