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How French beans have revived our maize farms

John Kirunja, an agronomist with VegPro in Trans Nzoia county.Photo: Jeckonia Otieno/Standard)

With the rainy season finally here, Phyllis Monyangi has started planting maize on her farm.

During the just-ended dry season, the farm would have been fallow, waiting for the next planting season, but she decided to make full use of it by planting French beans.

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