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KENYA-DROUGHT-FARMING
TO GO WITH STORY KENYA-DROUGHT-FARMING BY Francois AUSSEILL
A Kenyan farmer bags dried up maize sprouts from her planted field on August 17, 2009. This farmer decided to uproot the dried up sprouts after crop failed to grow due to lack of rain and feed them to her livestock. In Kenya a bruising and recurring drought is driving huge numbers of subsistence farmers away from rural areas, where they are increasingly reliant on hand-outs, into congested slums. Many farmers in the region have already abandoned the land, at least temporarily, in favour of producing and selling charcoal or breaking stones in a nearby quarry for a local construction company. The work is both back-breaking and ill-paid. A 20-litre jerrycan of ballast is paid 5 shillings (6 US cents). AFP PHOTO/Tony Karumba
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Nanyuki, 109, KENYA |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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TONY KARUMBA |
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19 August 2009 |
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2795 x 4200 (1.46 MB) |
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