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Pineapples add flavour to farmer’s life

Kericho, Kenya: After high school, Solomon Kemboi, could not join college immediately because he had to allow his other siblings a chance to finish their studies. The wait proved too long and he got married along the way. From then on, life took a different turn.

“I had a small family to provide for and I had to get a source of income. My parents allocated to me a section of the family land where I started growing maize and beans among other crops,” Kemboi who hails from Ng’oina village, Kericho County tells Smart Harvest.

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