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Employees overseeing the canning of tomato paste inside Njoro Canners factory on August 30, 2019. The company engages farmers on contract. [File,Standard]

A lack of a ready market for raw agricultural produce, high input costs, and competitive procurement practices have been cited as some of the bottlenecks for Kenyan farmers and suppliers.

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