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Kakamega farmers get cheap fertiliser

Indangalasia chief Douglas Mukoshi gives subsidised fertiliser to a One Acre Fund beneficiary. Each farmer got a 50kg bag of DAP fertiliser. [Nathan Ochunge/Standard]

The government has started a programme to help farmers buy subsidised farm input ahead of the planting season to boost the country's food security.

More than 400,000 farmers will benefit in a programme targeting 1.1 million farmers at a cost of Sh5 billion.

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