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Why more farmers in Trans-Nzoia County are dropping maize crop for other crops

Emily Chebeya harvests Irish potatoes from her farm in Endebess Sub-County. She is among the farmers who are now focusing on alternative crops apart from the traditional maize crop. [(PHOTO: HAROLD ODHIAMBO/Standard]

Hit by falling maize prices and feeling the effects of deforestation, more farmers are now switching to alternative crops.

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