Kenya: New Maize Variety Gives Hope to Embu Farmers

30 September 2014

Geoffrey Maina Kamande only wanted to grow some food crop for his family. However, his small farm has now become a demonstration site on the new drought-tolerant maize variety to many farmers at Kivue in Embu county.

Maina says an extension officer gave him seeds to try out in his small plot which is strategically located by the roadside so that others would see and learn from it.

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