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Why duty-free maize imports hit farmers

Maize flour on display at Naivas Supermarket along Moi Avenue. [Wilberforce Okwiri/Standard]

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics Economic Survey released in 2017 showed production of maize decreased in 2016 due to lower volume of rainfall, high costs of farm inputs and disease.

Maize production reduced from 42.5 million bags in 2015 to 37.1 million bags in 2016. The value of marketed maize declined by 7.2 per cent, to Sh7.9 billion.

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