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Farmers harvest water from rock to irrigate crops and beat hunger

James Maweu at a rock water reservoir in Mutomo, Kitui South. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard]

Early morning and a group of farmers gather inside a vegetable farm located beside a huge rock located at Ndui village in Mutomo, Kitui South sub-county.

The farmers begin tending to vegetables; pulling out weeds, pruning dry leaves while others check on the working condition of drip lines in readiness to irrigate the farm.

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