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KAKAMEGA: Sugar-cane farming in western region is slowly dying due to a myriad of challenges affecting the sector.
The fortunes of the once-flourishing industry have been diminishing with each passing day, making the farmers to uproot the cane and opt for other crops. The slow death of cane farming is being attributed to poor yields, poor payment, late maturity of cane and political interference.
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