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Meru farmers ask State to give miraa special attention

Farmers Musyoka Moshe, Levi Kigunda and Kobia Mwirichia tend to a miraa farm. [Olivia Murithi, Standard]

Miraa farmers and other players in the sub-sector want a miraa development board and a research institute established.

A section of stakeholders in the lucrative sector that has suffered major setbacks in recent years, including a ban on the crop in Somalia and other major markets, said a board to manage issues affecting miraa and a research centre would go a long way to grow the sector.

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