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Makueni farmers embrace road run-off water to fight erratic rains in food production

An aerial view showing the Roads for Water technology in use in Makueni to boost Agriculture on Jan 28, 2025. [Stephen Nzioka, Standard]

Makueni is a semi-arid region where farmers for years have relied on irregular rain patterns for farming with rain becoming more often undependable and insufficient to sustain crop production.

Due to such, farmers experience crop failures in most of her sub-counties with relief food being the only option.

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