Farmers in Kenya grow lucrative stimulant muguka, abandoning traditional crops
Factors such as failing rains and new pests, linked to climate change, have played a role in muguka's popularity at the expense of crops such as maize
12 August 2019 - 14:16
Kanyuambora — At this time of year, Albert Njeru's farm would usually be blanketed with shoulder-high rows of maize.
But not anymore. Now the fields of grain are gone, replaced by a hectare of bushy green muguka leaves, a potent legal stimulant that relieves fatigue...
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