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County strategize to revive ginnery as farmers adopt BT cotton farming

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Kirinyaga County Government is planning to revive Mwea Cotton Ginnery with the aim of supporting cotton farmers whose number has risen after the introduction of BT cotton in the county. About 100 farmers have this season planted BT cotton on an estimated 110 acres after receiving seeds from the Fibre Crops Directorate. The cotton farmers […]

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Some 1000 farmers ready to plant BT cotton in Kirinyaga

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About 1000 farmers in Kirinyaga County are ready to plant BT cotton within Mwea area after the government legalized commercial cultivation of the crop late last year. The pioneer farmers would have planted their first seeds last April but the unexpected outbreak of the Covid-19 stopped the process abruptly. Land that had been prepared for […]

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