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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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