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The efficient cookstoves saving trees and chicken

Rosemary Maina sits by one of the cookstoves made by the Tree is Life Trust at her home in Nyahururu. [PHOTO: JAMES MUNYEKI/STANDARD]

Farmers in Laikipia County have found a way to reduce their use of wood fuel, while raising more chickens for cash.

The solution has come in an efficient ceramic cooking stove that doubles as a chick-brooding box.

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