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  • Thurow, Roger.
     
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  • Agricultural development projects -- Kenya.
     
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  • Thurow, Roger.
     
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  • Farms, Small -- Kenya.
     
  •  
  • Subsistence farming -- Kenya.
     
  •  
  • Food supply -- Kenya.
     
  •  
  • Hunger -- Kenya.
     
  •  
  • Agricultural development projects -- Kenya.
     
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  • Kenya -- Rural conditions.
     
     
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    The last hunger season : a year in an African farm community on the brink of change / Roger Thurow.
    by Thurow, Roger.
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    PublicAffairs, c2012.
    Call #:338.196762 T542L
    Subjects
  • Farms, Small -- Kenya.
  •  
  • Subsistence farming -- Kenya.
  •  
  • Food supply -- Kenya.
  •  
  • Hunger -- Kenya.
  •  
  • Agricultural development projects -- Kenya.
  •  
  • Kenya -- Rural conditions.
  • ISBN: 
    9781610390675
    1610390679
    Edition: 
    1st ed.
    Description: 
    xx, 272 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
    Bibliography: 
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents: 
    Simiyu (the dry season) -- Masambu (preparing the land) -- Wafula (the rains) -- Wanjala (the hunger) -- Wekesa (the harvest) -- Sirumbi (second planting) -- Sikuku (festival days).
    Summary: 
    Documents the story of a group of Kenyan farmers working to transcend lives of dire poverty and hunger to secure better opportunities for their families, illuminating their challenges while explaining the necessity of improving Africa's agriculture sector.
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