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Key role of water catchment areas in agricultural production

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A woman draws water at a tank which is part of the Masue Rock Water Catchment project in Makueni County on April 13, 2023. [Philip Muasya, Standard]

Water catchment areas act as magnets and land reservoirs capturing and filtering rainwater that ultimately finds its way to our streams, rivers, dams and underground aquifers which store this water for use in the dry periods.

As climate change speeds up and water scarcity becomes a crisis, the role of water catchment areas in national development has never been more evident.

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