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Farmers turn dry land to a cash cow

By Edwin Makiche

By the mid 90's, farmers in Siongiroi division in Bomet County were almost giving up after years of unsuccessfully practicing mixed farming. Their lives were turning out to be a rat race: buying farm inputs at exorbitant prices, leaving the crops to grow at the mercy of weather, and later disposing them at cheap prices.

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