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Warehouses idle as Rift farmers opt to store their produce at home

Maize farmers in Uasin Gishu County on May 25, 2022. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard]

More than four years after the government established the Warehouse Receipt System (WRS), farmers in Trans Nzoia have shunned the programme.

The government spearheaded the programme to provide storage space for farmers' produce at a fee of about Sh50 per bag of dry cereals stored for a year in certified and registered warehouses.

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