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Farmer's passion bears juicy fruits

Paul Ruto of Siriat Village, Sotik Constituency, Bomet County, led a ‘comfortable’ farmer’s life for years. He earned a net profit of Sh30,000 annually from maize he regularly planted on one acre of his land.

This situation would have remained so had the Maize Lethal Necrotic Disease (MLND) not struck the region three years ago.

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