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Dairy farmers trained on cutting production cost, feeding styles

A Rift Valley Machinery Services Limited employee demonstrates on how to use machinery to make silage. (Muchiri Ndirangu, Standard))

The major problem affecting dairy farmers are the high cost of production and feeding.

 Avantuah Ventures CEO Martin Ndirangu says in central region, farmers spend about Sh27 to produce a liter of milk but sell the produce at only Sh37 to cooperatives, some even for as low as Sh30.

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