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Mwea BT cotton to unlock billions

Dr. Charles Waturu, Principal Researcher of the Bt cotton project at its trial farm in Mwea, Kirinyaga County last week.

 

New money, estimated to hit more than Sh200 billion in the next five years is set to flow into parts of Mt. Kenya, lower Eastern, Coast and Nyanza following approval to growing Bt Cotton, a crop that was once Kenya’s second-biggest employer, starting March next year, after 15 years of research and protest from environmentalists.

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