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Imenti farmer abandons other crops to venture into arrowroot

Gregory Murithi discovered just how profitable arrowroot farming is, a little over three years ago. So good was the income he was raking in that he decided to do away with other crops, save for maize, beans and some vegetables.

In fact, he uprooted the flowerbed around his compound and replaced it with arrowroot, which he sells at Sh50 a kilo to the Imenti Community-Based Organisation (ICOBO) millers.

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