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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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