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Maize farmers get storage bags that help check post-harvest losses

Josephine Kweyu, a small scale maize farmer with the new Purdue Improved Crop Storage (Pics) bag. [Nathan Ochunge, Standard]

A new technology has been introduced in the region to help reduce maize farmers’ losses due to poor storage, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.

Ministry officials said maize farmers last year lost up to Sh15 billion post-harvest due to poor storage.

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