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Food crisis to worsen as maize crop withers
Dr Cyril Cheruiyot (left),Uasin Gishu County Agriculture executive at a farm belonging to Leonard Kimutai (right), a resident of Kapsubere in Moiben. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NMG
The county is headed for a major food crisis if the dry spell, which has ravaged many parts of the North Rift persists.
More than 40,000 acres of maize crop in Uasin Gishu County are drying up. This translates to a loss 800,000 bags of maize at 20 bags per acre.
