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Migori tobacco farmers now switch to sorghum

Tobacco farmers in Migori are turning to sorghum after the collapse of the tobacco leaf market.PHOTO: COURTESY

Tobacco farmers in Migori are turning to sorghum after the collapse of the tobacco leaf market.

Beer-maker East African Breweries is offering the farmers’ a lucrative market for sorghum as the farmers come to terms with the socio-economic impact occasioned the exit of Alliance One Tobacco Company, which was the biggest tobacco leaf buyer in the county.

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