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Government approves high yield potato seeds

Traders display potatoes in Daraja mbili market Kisii County. [File, Standard]

In Kenya, potatoes are a key staple food, second only to maize. Yet its potato value chain has been underdeveloped for decades also.

This has been acknowledged by the Kenyan government. Over the past years, it has been investing in the potato sector in order to realise an increase of output per hectare and a growth in potato smallholders’ income.

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