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High production costs, climate crisis throw off wheat farmers

Monicah Kirwa (right), is a farmer from Merewet in Moiben Constituency, Uasin Gishu County. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

The lush wheat plantations that dot Uasin Gishu and Narok counties are gradually fading away, as farmers switch to maize farming and other agricultural ventures.

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