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Traditional crops puff hopes for climate resilience

Ambuso Opila at one of his sorghum farms in Kano in Kisumu. Inset: Nakuru Agricultural Society of Kenya chairperson Margaret Anami inspects a maize plantation. [File, Standard]

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Two years ago, Michael Gichangi launched a business he hopes will help his rural community in Embu County better cope with climate change stresses: making puffed cereal from climate-hardy traditional grains.

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