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Fears of food crisis as maize shortage bites, prices shoot up

Stacks of maize at the Eldoret National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) depot. [File, Standard]

Residents are staring at an impending food crisis as the grain-producing North Rift region has run out of maize.

The country’s strategic food reserve at the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) has dried up, while most farmers have exhausted their stocks following recent improvements in market prices.

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