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A farmer inspects a trench running across a farm on the sloppy Baraka ranges in Kuresoi North. [Kennedy Gachuhi/Standard]
Having suffered from soil erosion and eradication of soil fertility, Irish potato farmers in Kuresoi North, Nakuru County, were a worried lot.
Coming from a sloppy area, the torrents of rain that is characteristic of the area, led to degradation of tens of acres of land that was left unproductive after fertile top soil was washed away by run off rain water.
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