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Relief food for food for aid during a drought crisis. [Photos by Ali Abdi/Standard]
Agricultural subsidies have been ineffective and should be scrapped, experts say.
Speaking yesterday in Nairobi during a pre-budget hearing in Nairobi, the experts said although the Government was subsidising farm inputs, yields had not improved.
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