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In this photo taken Friday, April 26, 2019, research assistants Catherine Ndumi Musyoka and Muthama Eric feed silkworms with mulberry leaves at the National Sericulture Research Center in Thika, Kenya. A growing number of Kenyan farmers are turning to silk production as they move away from traditional cash crops such as coffee, maize, sugarcane and cotton, with the mulberry trees the silkworms need to survive seen as less affected by a changing climate. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)

In this photo taken Friday, April 26, 2019, research assistants Catherine Ndumi Musyoka and Muthama Eric feed silkworms with mulberry leaves at the National Sericulture Research Center in Thika, Kenya. A growing number of Kenyan farmers are turning to silk production as they move away from traditional cash crops such as coffee, maize, sugarcane and cotton, with the mulberry trees the silkworms need to survive seen as less affected by a changing climate. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)

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