Soaring fertilizer costs hit farmers : comparemela.com

KIAMBU COUNTY, Kenya -- Monica Kariuki is about ready to give up on farming. What is driving her off her 10 acres of land outside Nairobi isn't bad weather, pests or blight -- the traditional agricultural curses -- but fertilizer: It costs too much.

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