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Pests, low returns diminish cotton industry in Embu county

Paul Korim at his farm in Serwok village in Salawa Baringo County. He is among the three only remaining cotton farmers in Kerio valley after more than a thousand farmers quit the farming due to poor prices. PHOTO: KIPSANG JOSEPH

EMBU: For Njue Mungai, cotton farming evokes bittersweet memories of years gone by, when he had to toil for months with no assurance of good returns.

The 50-year-old farmer from Nthawa in Mbeere North sub-county recounts that despite the poor earnings from cotton, he looked forward to payments since they had no other cash crops.

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