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Kenya eyes cheap fertiliser from Tanzania as input shortage bites

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Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi (Centre) checks record of fertiliser at Intracom fertiliser production factory in Dodoma, Tanzania during a fact-finding mission on fertiliser production in Tanzania on February 3,2023. [Jacinta Mutura,Standard]

Kenya could start importing fertiliser from Tanzania next year to help alleviate the shortage.

The move is geared towards saving the country from the high cost of importing fertiliser from overseas.

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