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Isiolo's horticulture revolution

Residents of Isiolo County (Atiri area) who have been relying on the outlawed practice of tree felling for charcoal burning to make a livelihood, have distanced themselves from the retrogressive activity and embraced horticultural farming. [Bruno Mutunga, Standard]

A group of residents in the drought-stricken Garbatula sub-County of Isiolo have gone against all odds to transform a five-acre piece of land in the arid region into a food basket.

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