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Poor returns from cotton drive Embu farmers to more lucrative crops

Workers feed raw cotton into a ginnery in Siakago market Embu County in the past. Cotton farming has collapsed due to poor returns

Farmers have abandoned cotton farming, citing diseases and poor returns.

Cotton has for years been the major cash crop of the semi-arid Mbeere region, but it is now on the verge of collapse.

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