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Heavy rains destroy Homa Bay rice farms

Rice farm in Rangwe Sub-county using water from Kimira Oluch Smallholder Farm Improvement Project. [James Omoro, Standard]

Rice farmers in Homa Bay county are counting huge losses after hailstones destroyed their crops, which are due to harvesting.

The heavy rainfall in the area has left the farmers with no hope of getting their projected income. The rice is in a 100-acre piece of land.

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