Embu County Distributes 5,000 Cashew Nut Seedlings to Farmers

The Embu county government has distributed more than 5,000 cashewnut seedlings to farmers across the county.

The 5,400 seedlings were distributed to farmers in Mbeere South and North.

These areas had earlier been identified as having the potential for cashewnut production.

Other areas in Manyatta and Runyenjes were also identified as arable land for production of the highly nutritious crop.

This comes after the county's Department of Agriculture conducted research on which other crops can do well in different areas within Embu....

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