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While Kenya perennially decries its inadequacy in the battle against drought, which hits every couple of years, food wastage is one of the biggest self-inflicted problems the country grapples with.
The storage facilities are overflowing during harvest season, but wastage due to lack of value addition and storage for the off-season leads to dependence on foreign aid.
A focus on improved preservation methods and processing could save the country from this food shortage problem, experts say.
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