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Kabondo Kasipul farmers want potato factory to edge out brokers

Women trek to Kibuye market loaded with sweet potato. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Residents of Kabondo Kasipul want the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives to revisit plans to establish a potato processing plant locally to help them commercialise the crop.

Farmers say the establishment of the factory will shield them from heavy post-harvest losses arising from poor farm-to-market links and poor returns.

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