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A cashew nuts farmer at his farm in Tezo, Kilifi county. [File, Standard]
In the sun-scorched counties of Kilifi, Kwale, and Lamu, a spirited campaign to revive Kenya's once-prized cashew sector is underway.
The sector that was the anchor of rural livelihoods in the 1970s and 80s has, in recent years, staggered under the weight of ill-timed policies, broken markets, and years of systemic neglect.
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