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Farmers produced 61 million bags of maize

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Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi (centre) inspects maize bags at the NCPB depot in Nakuru on January 31, 2024. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi has said farmers produced 61 million bags of maize in the last year, which must now be properly stored after testing.

Speaking during the opening of a new aflatoxin testing laboratory at the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) depot in North Imenti, Meru county, the CS said the government has intensified distribution of fertiliser to farmers and targets 80 million bags of maize this year.

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