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State rolls out ‘smart financing’ for farmers to boost food security

With more innovative financing, Kenya can meet 60 to 70 per cent of its food needs from its own land.

According to Bashir Jama, the director of the Soil Health Programme at the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (Agra), Kenya has been performing sub-optimally in food production because farmers are not getting adequate financing.

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