Residents embark on cotton farming in Lamu

The Kenyan government allowed the cultivation of genetically modified cotton for commercialization in 2020. this was aimed at reviving the dwindling local production of the crop in an effort to meet the high demand for the production of textiles locally. while the news received mixed reactions over time, farmers are slowly embracing it. a fact-finding mission in Lamu county, which is one of the leading cotton-producing region