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Hunger looms as deadly weed destroys 450,000 tonnes of maize

By NICHOLAS WAITATHU

KENYA: Western and parts of Nyanza are at risk of losing an estimated 450,000 tonnes of maize.  This is as striga — a parasitic weed continues to decimate over 300,000 hectares of the crop.

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