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Low body weight affects livestock exports

Livestock during farmer's exhibition at KALRO centre in Naivasha. [File, Standard]

Low body weight of animals has hampered government's efforts to export livestock to various countries mainly the Middle East, Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Andrew Karanja has said.

Dr Karanja has challenged farmers to invest in breeding and feed production so as to produce animals that could meet the demand of the lucrative livestock market.

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