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Break the bias: How gender inequality is undermining rural development

It's been a year since Rose Lubanga, a farmer from Migori County lost her husband who used to help her on the farm. Now, whenever there is too much work, she employs an extra person to help on the two-acre farm where she grows maize, beans and sweet potatoes to raise school fees for her children but also does vegetable farming for home consumption.

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