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Technology that suffocates weeds and boosts crop yield

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The practice involves draping wet soil in a special kind of polythene film to conserve moisture.

Earlier this month, I visited Kathama, a tiny village in Machakos, where I discovered remarkable farming techniques. This is a novice innovation with great capacity in a water scarce area.

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