Economy - Voice of America: Mystery Maize Disease Strikes Kenya Farms

Economy - Voice of America economy-and-business

Mystery Maize Disease Strikes Kenya Farms Jun 19th 2012, 18:26 BOMET, Kenya - A maize disease is sweeping through Kenya's small farming communities and, in the South Rift Valley, there are few who haven't been affected. Holding up evidence of his dying maize crop, a farmer in the Kenyan community of Bomet is the latest to become entangled in the maize mystery.   "Everything is affected, The five acres [2 hectares], all the way," he says pointing toward his fields, "is all affected." The problem has prompted the local farming ... Media files: 98F96A0E-5B63-4664-9DD2-847C1BEE1D86_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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