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Food security fears as farmers struggle with high cost of inputs

A farmer ploughing in Moiben, Uasin Gishu County. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

Maize and wheat farmers across the most productive parts of the South Rift region are preparing to plant their crops even as the prices of farm inputs such as fertiliser and herbicides go through the roof.

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