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Molo farmer intercrops potatoes and peas, to earn all year round

A farmer in Molo is growing potato seeds and intercropping with garden peas, in a classic crop rotation model that not only improves soil fertility but also ensures her of an year round source of income. Having traditionally relied on potato seeds from the previous harvest for planting,  Ann Chepngeno couldn’t understand why her yields …

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Molo potato farmer capitalises on seed shortage with 20 acre multiplication farm

Anne Chepng’eno, a farmer from Molo is growing potato crops for seeds in a bid to address the current shortage of the seeds helping farmers from all over the country to access them. Currently there is potato seed demand of 100,000 tonnes in the country while basic demand by other seed multipliers is 1000 tonnes. …

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