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Loaders carry fertilizer belonging to Yara East Africa Limited at the company depot along Mombasa Road in Nairobi. [File, Standard]
The State-led fertiliser subsidy programme that targets farmers directly has been criticised in a new report by a continental advocacy body which claims it disincentives the private sector.
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) report opines that the government, using its systems to distribute fertiliser to farmers, made the private sector that deals in the same commodity scale down their investments.
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