In Obiakpu, a farming community in Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, Beatrice Okiro braces up to harvest cassava from her two plots of land. It’s only been five months since the planting season began, but Okiro is already preparing for harvest—seven months earlier than planned.
Ideally, she would wait until December for the tubers to mature. But the rains have come early, and the fear of flooding forces her to act in June. This planting season, Ms. Okiro invested…
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