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Sugarcane farmers in Muhoroni transporting cane to milling industry after harvest. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]
More farmers are shunning sugarcane farming for other crops even as the cane delivered to millers continues to shrink. According to the Economic Survey 2020, cane deliveries to factories declined to 4.6 million tonnes in 2019, from 5.3 million tonnes in 2018.
This is despite government efforts to help revive the sector.
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