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Cheap maize sheller saves farmers tens of hours

CIMMYT research affirms time and cost-saving advantages of sheller for smallholder maize farmers in Kenya.

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The machine saves farmers the burden of physically removing maize from combs, a tedious, time wasting and costly exercise that is practiced by at least 85 per cent of smallholder farmers in the country according to a research dubbed ‘maize production, challenges and experience of smallholder farmers in East Africa by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT).

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