Food is a basic need. Kenyans from different counties have been hit by recent high cost of living.

In the midst of burning sun and in arce water in the county, women in Makueni County have come up with a medern way to curb food insecurity and malnutrition.

Photo courtesy a paw paw

However, with the introduction of new technology, numerous farmers in Makueni have in the recent past adopted crossbred crops and shirked the traditional crops.

Crossbreed and enhanced varieties frequently generate increased outcomes than traditional varieties, hence the inclination on the cross reed.

This, nonetheless, has not stopped some small scale farmers from pursuing the cultivation of crops like pawpaws, cassava, sweet potatoes and cowpea leaves (kunde).

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A number of people in Makueni have replaced bread with cassava which has good nutrients. Consequently, they have also made sweet potatoes part of their breakfast meals and have gone back to traditional foods such as kunde, saga among others.