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We are making a tidy income from farming

Chairlady of Mavuria Women Nutribusiness Group Jane Muchungu (right) with other members. [PHOTOS: JOSEPH MUCHIRI/STANDARD].

The scorching afternoon sun beats hard in a remote village in Mbeere South, Embu County. The sun has however not dampened the spirits of an ambitious group of women from Mavuria.

With rare zeal, they go about gnawing and milling grains, chopping mangoes into small pieces, drying them and in the process adding value to many traditional high value crops.

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