As we walk through the narrow path, evading shrubs and thorny trees, the landscape changes and we are welcomed by rows of tall sorghum stalks heavy with grain.
The farm is dotted with "watchtowers" of small hills, each with someone seated on top to scare away the birds and prevent them from invading the farm or else the harvest is ruined.
This is a 35-acre farm situated in the Kobulwo location in the Kerio Valley where a section of the members of the Kobulwo Farmers Cooperative Society have come together to grow sorghum under contract farming.
Twenty-seven-year-old Yusuf Kipchumba is not only a member but the chair of this group, which comprises 126 members.
