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Tips on growing tasty cassava loved by clients

Raphael Owaka, a farmer at his farm in Nyakach, Kisumu county. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Cassava produces about ten times more carbohydrates than most cereals per unit area, and are ideal for production in marginal and drought prone areas, the Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organisation says. William Simiyu from Busia County has been growing cassava for the last four years for commercial purposes. He shares with Money Maker the process from planting to harvesting.

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