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Why I ditched tomatoes for sweet potatoes

Josphat Mugo at his sweet potato farm at Kirima area in Kirinyaga County. [Joseph Muchiri, Standard]

It is harvest time at Josphat Mugo’s farm sweet potato farm when we visit. Mugo and his wife Phyllis Wawira run a thriving sweet potato farm in Kirima, Kirinyaga County.

The farmer grows the Bungoma variety of sweet potato, which has a red outer covering and yellow on the inside. It is popular with consumers, but when it has scars, customers reject it.

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