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More farmers abandon tobacco on poor earnings

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A Tobacco farmer tends his crop in Changara Teso North. [File, Standard]

Poor earnings from tobacco over the last 30 years have forced millions of Kenyan farmers to abandon the venture for other alternatives.

This is as farmers influenced by incentives from tobacco companies decreased between the two waves - from 50.6 per cent in 2017 to 24.7 per cent in 2018, according to a report by two lobby groups.

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