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How small-scale maize farmers lose to middle-men

A farmer harvests maize at Mukinyai village in Molo  PHOTO:KIPSANG JOSEPH

Middle-men paid small-scale maize farmers peanuts, even as the Government rewarded commercial farmers handsomely for their harvests.

This, according to a new report launched this week, is after small-scale farmers had spent more on their crops than their large scale farmers.

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