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Milk yield tripled with insecticide-treated nets

By Aloyse Muinde

Treating livestock sheds with insecticide-treated nets has cut the number of disease transmitting insects by 90 per cent. This has tripled milk yields among smallholder farmers in Kisii. The move comes at a time when efforts to wipe out deadly livestock diseases have gone top notch.

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