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High production costs push many out of maize farming

Stella Karugi inspects her stunted maize crop at her Kanoga farm in Karia village within Nyeri town constituency, January 18, 2018. [Photo by Mose Sammy/Standard]

Farmers in parts of the Rift Valley are abandoning maize production due to high costs.

Some are growing other crops while others, especially small-scale farmers, have opted to lease their farms out.

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