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Drought cuts dairy farmers' earnings by 21 pc

A worker of Mukurweini Wakulima dairy collects milk from farmers at Karundu trading centre in Nyeri on October 4, 2016. FILE PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NMG

By  IRENE MUGO

Milk production in Nyeri has dropped by 24 per cent this year due to shortage of fodder caused by a prolonged dry spell in the County.

Dairy farmers in the devolved unit earned Sh2.9 billion this year compared to Sh3.5bn last year, a 21 per cent decline.

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