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Is Ukraine war reviving wheat growing in Kenya?

Wheat ready for harvest. [File, Standard]

A drive from Gilgil to Nyahururu is punctuated by golden wheat on a few large shambas and many small ones.

At a small town called Kasuku, about 20km from Nyahururu, combine harvesters are parked, waiting to harvest the ripening wheat.

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