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Farmers urged to adopt climate smart seeds to combat climate change and boost yields

Catherine Wanjala plants maize seeds that are freshly coated with Kichawi Kill on her farm in Kakamega County, Western Kenya.FILE/Standard]

Farmers in Western region have been urged to adopt drought-resistant or climate-smart seeds as a strategy to combat effects of climate change and boost yields. 

Speaking at Kibabii University during the Agribusiness expo and trade symposium themed, 'Climate smart technologies and practices for sustainable food systems', Eastern Africa Grains Council (EAGC) executive director Gerald Masila said that one of the exhibition features at the expo is solutions to climate change citing seed varieties that are drought resistant and well adapted to climate change conditions. 

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