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How to overcome challenges facing potato sector

A farmer harvests potato. Most farmers are not aware they can harvest 200 bags per acre. [File]

In terms of production and utilisation, Irish potatoes are only second to maize. Kenyan farmers produce 2 to 3 million tonnes of potatoes worth Sh50 billion each year.

Rachael Githinji is a potato farmer from Gathiuru, Nyeri. She is part of a farming community growing Irish potatoes in the forest slopes of Mt Kenya.

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