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A wheat field at Olmaisor farm in Rumuruti, Laikipia county. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]
Francis Kiptalam enjoyed driving his tractor as he inspected his wheat farm in Uasin Gishu County, located in Kenya's Rift Valley region.
The 63-year-old father of three has devoted ten hectares, or a fifth of his land holdings, to growing wheat, which is Kenya's second most important cereal crop. He said he cultivated wheat in April just in time to take advantage of the long rains.
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