I left my accountant job to grow cassava

Smart Harvest

Cassava is the second staple food in Kilifi County after maize and more farmers are starting to grow it. Rev Remus Mngumi Jali, a farmer from Baguo village, in Kilifi County has invested heavily in cassava growing after quitting his job as an accounts clerk in Malindi.

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The most readily available cassava value addition strategy for many Kenyan farmers is drying and milling into flour.

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Talash: Oh my! I could not believe it. I lived each moment of the preparation in a dream.

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