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Over 1.3b tonnes of food going to waste annually due to poor post-harvest handling

More than a third of the food produced in the world for human consumption is lost or wasted before it reaches shops from the farms.

The estimated 1.3 billion tonnes can feed two billion Kenyans, according to a senior government official.

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