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Wheat

Triticum aestivum

Grown mainly in the highland cereal belt (Rift Valley, Narok, Uasin Gishu) for flour and animal feed.

Family

Poaceae

Temperature

15-23°C (absolute 5-27°C)

Rainfall

750-900mm (absolute 300-1600mm)

Altitude

4500m

Soil pH

6-7 (absolute 5.5-8.5)

Soil types

Deep, well-drained loams to clay loams, pH 5.5-7.5