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Assure farmers of fertiliser quality and availability to achieve food security

There has been a lot of hullabaloo arising from debate on suitability of fertliser available to farmers across the country. The emotive discourse has further been compounded by the quality and availability or lack of this key commodity.

Without delving into the finer details of the matter, it is important to note that farmers play a critical role in the wellbeing of this country and ought to be safeguarded from any form of exploitation. There are instances where farmers have been left at the mercy of profiteers by the government, leading to massive crop failure and attendant food insecurity. State agents have in the past been unhelpful in clearing doubts or protecting farmers from such dangerous exposure. The same agencies supposed to protect the farmerare most of the times involved in tuff wars and supremacy battles leading to confusion.

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