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Soya beans turn around family fortunes

Kenya: For Moses Ngota, a father of eight, from Mungoye village, Luanda in Vihiga County, soya bean farming is like manna from heaven.

The 57-year-old had been toiling on his farm for decades planting beans and maize. What he used to harvest was consumed by his family and he had to do menial jobs to supplement his income.

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