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Weatherman advises farmers to give fast maturing crops priority

Farmers preparing land for planting at the Chakama Smallholder Irrigation project in Magarini Sub County, Kilifi County. [Nehemiah Okwembah, Standard]

Farmers have been advised to plant crops that take a shorter period of time to mature as the country prepares for long rains between March and May.

The Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) predicted that rains will start in March but will be below average.

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