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Blame game: NCPB hit by shortage of bags to store grain

Trucks and tractors deliver maize to the National Cereals and Produce Board Eldoret depot on February 15. [Kevin Tunoi, Standard]

Lack of adequate jute bags to store maize in depots and buying centres is threatening to delay purchase of two million bags for the Strategic Grain Reserve (SFR).

The bags are essential for storage of grains in areas that do not have silos in the country.

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