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Pests push farmers to grow millet

A farmer harvests millet at Ngaru village in Kirinyaga County. Many have switched to grow millet and not maize due to pest attacks. PICTURE: MUGUCIA RUGENE.

 

Farmers in Kirinyaga have now turned to grow millet, which they claim has the potential to replace maize.

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