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When The Smart Harvest and Technology team visits, Sophia Akello is busy weeding in her farm in Chiga, Kibos village in Kisumu County. She grows Velvet bean, (scientifically known as Mucuna Pruriens) alongside arrow roots.
“I love these crops. They have changed my life. I no longer need to buy expensive fertiliser and herbicides,” she says, with pride. But why does she love the plant?
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